In residential properties, investment and personal residence, most lenders will allow up to 3% of the sales price to be contributed towards closing and pre-paid expenses by the seller. there are some with higher amounts, some with none, and if you get into commercial it's a whole other ball-game!

I look forward to learning as much as I possibly can from everyone as well as contributing back in the future.

I'm a new agent and loan officer here in the tri-state area and am eager to learn from everyone here and hopefully contribute to some investment related posts here on the forum!

Thank you for taking the time to spell everything out for everyone.Thanks for your contribution!

Welcome to the site, and I look forward to your contributions.

As a RE Agent, we have access to information the public normally does not have access to.Example: As an investor, when was the last time you contributed to a planning and zoning meeting or discussion on future zoning needs for a community?

All the investors could split per contribution percentage and make investor 2&3 share some of the risk of cost overruns and not getting the selling price or timing that they expected.

8) Feel free to use your real, business name, and to putyour website and contact information in your signatureso that those looking for loans can find you.There are others on this board from Cal who are interested in/ want to (maybe) invest out-of-state andI'm sure you'll be able to contribute to thoseconversations and will be a great addition to this board.Let's get some business done!

You're going to be a good resourceperson to have when it comes to foreclosures and such.I hope you will contribute a lot because we do getlots of questions about doing foreclosures, and there are going to be a lot more of them in thedays ahead.We welcome your contributions.

There is a forum on this site devoted to realtors and bestpractices and I'm sure you'll not only get a lot out of thatsection but have lots to contribute too.Be sure to put your URL for your website in your signature,or at least your name and phone info and let the networking begin!