I agree with the way burke answered this. I never presume anyone using the term 'renew' doesn't actually mean 'refinance'. Keeping the same number is meaningless. Most of what I see done on the loans described above are actually handled by a new note, but burke summed up the other ways it 'could' be handled.
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