
31 December 2024 | 22 replies
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lifted the lower court's nationwide preliminary injunction that had paused the Corporate Transparency Act's requirements for filing beneficial ownership information (BOI).

26 December 2024 | 15 replies
@Paola AstridIf you’re considering refinancing an FHA loan, it’s a great way to lower monthly payments or gain more flexibility.

26 December 2024 | 6 replies
It's way lower risk while you're getting your feet wet.BRRRR definitely has better potential returns, but it also has way more moving parts that can go wrong.

28 December 2024 | 23 replies
Very few people have reached financial independence...and others that have reached it that keep working do it for personal satisfaction.Incidentally, most of us consider real estate, done properly, to be lower risk than the stock market, which is why we invest in it.

23 December 2024 | 1 reply
However, if I had started off with a house hack, I could have lower my monthly mortgage tremendously which would have helped me build up my savings at a much quicker pace than I had.

16 December 2024 | 3 replies
1.7 % of Loan Amount (Points) - $6,035underwriting fees - $1,400Are the above fees reasonable or not for refinancing a mortgage?

18 December 2024 | 7 replies
Your tax bill ? What have you seen make the biggest impact ? As agents I think marketing and vehicles can be the biggest tax deductions can not ? But not sure wanted to see what everyone thought?

24 December 2024 | 5 replies
We embrace S8 applicants, but screen them just like any other applicant.Many have an entitlement mentality and try to leverage their S8 voucher by pretending to be helpless:1) A percentage won't apply because they expect a landlord to waive application fees for them.2) Many cry broke and expect a landlord NOT to charge them a security deposit.3) Many of those same S8 tenants trying to avoid paying a security deposit, won't make an effort to call the list of nonprofits we send them that will pay their security deposit if they apply.4) A lot of them try to avoid paying for utilities.

27 December 2024 | 12 replies
My apartments are in a lower income area, so I don't want it priced too high where it is going to scare them away from applying.

24 December 2024 | 3 replies
This often means a smaller down payment and lower monthly payments compared to a traditional bank loan, especially since the seller may not be tied to the high interest rates banks are offering.Another option is a land loan from a local credit union or bank.