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18 January 2025 | 1 reply
I agree that austin from up close looks like a declining market but from a birds eye view, it makes for great opportunities!
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21 January 2025 | 5 replies
Please, no solicitations.Use the renovation/acquisition loan products that require 10% down on the purchase and you should be able to get a few going at a time.
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7 January 2025 | 2 replies
Situation 2: You are paying for your brokers fee:In this situation the seller has declined to pay for a buyers broker fee.
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23 January 2025 | 7 replies
Typically this means they will take longer to close, may not have all the information for the companies they work with, and most hard money brokers get their money by taking an existing product and adding extra points to pay their fee.What is your investor success rate?
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13 January 2025 | 16 replies
Quote from @Andrew Steffens: I am curious what products exist?
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11 January 2025 | 4 replies
Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.
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8 January 2025 | 34 replies
All important factors to consider- population growth or decline, job growth or decline, inventory rate and movement- is is a seller's market getting stronger or softer or a buyer's market getting stronger or softer?
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28 January 2025 | 11 replies
But you are absolutely demonstrating your intent to hold for productive investment use.
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12 January 2025 | 0 replies
Hello,I am a Software Engineer and a Real Estate Investor working on a tech product for the real estate mortgage brokers.
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5 February 2025 | 13 replies
Then you could use a DSCR product to cash out refinance into a 30-year mortgage.3.