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21 December 2024 | 12 replies
What about the thousands of family members and private money lenders who are under the table?
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18 December 2024 | 7 replies
The net result is basically the same, but it keeps the two properties separate from a lenders perspective.Any low down payment money, particularly on an investment property, is going to come from a private money lender.
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19 December 2024 | 4 replies
Bird dogging is a way to make money but its not gonna get you rich.WE have had many do some birddogging for us on the private lending side to find qualified people that need a loan and its interesting how many last a few weeks - I sense the same holds true for real estate bird dogs.
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16 December 2024 | 11 replies
Is there something I need to do to get my phone number and name disassociated with these properties or at least made private?
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11 January 2025 | 420 replies
The content is not proprietary - it's freely available on the web, but the presentation is my private property (my research, copyrighted IP).
20 December 2024 | 2 replies
I don't know how to make this happen but the numbers work well, so I'm looking for creative advice/equity partners/private money/hard money for how to make this happen, and then when my business sells I can pay back the loan and find financing at that point to continue the rehab.
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17 December 2024 | 14 replies
Private money or family money is best to get started.
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3 January 2025 | 11 replies
Applicant credit scores should be treated with a high level of care and should not be handed out when they aren't assured that you are locking them up and taking due care with private and sensitive data.So, many places, including the screening company we used for years before moving to a PM, provide a suitability score rather than the actual credit score.
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26 December 2024 | 18 replies
Our private money lender on this flip was very reasonable through this whole process, as we had to navigate many gray areas and difficult decisions.
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31 December 2024 | 76 replies
I have had a few people reach out privately who have signed up.