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376: Margin Loans: Low-Interest Lending or Risky Rates?
Margin loans could be the sneakiest way to snag a low-interest rate loan in today’s Fed-influenced environment. What most investors don’t know is that you can use your stock portfolio as collateral to get massively discounted lending, but it comes with considerable risk. Carl and Mindy Jensen used this type of lending to buy their most recent real estate purchase, a medium-term rental renovation project in the same neighborhood as their primary residence. At the time, Carl could get an interest rate so attractive that it was almost impossible to pass up. We’re talking about mortgage-sized…
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