Ideally, you could negotiate with the seller to carry a first-position note instead of second, or even offer them a higher price to make this work.

Since a lot of you are wondering the difference between PML and HML, here are my thoughts about it...Private money lending and hard money lending both involve loans for real estate, but they differ in source and terms.

Hello BiggerPockets Community,I’m currently in the process of expanding my real estate portfolio and am looking to establish relationships with hard money lenders who can offer the most competitive and lowest rates available in the market.I am a business owner with $1.5 million in verifiable funds.

This is my first post, and I'm just starting out in real estate.

I'm Sanusi Kamara from New York City, passionate about real estate investing for 5 years.

I'm Ryan from Seattle, and I am passionate about investing in real estate for the long haul.

If we take a client on that offers a bottle of wine with each booking, we move them away from that type of a gift and do something different. 

Commercial real estate offers many exciting opportunities, from brokerage to development, acquisitions, and even REITs.

SA native, new to real estate investing and jumped into the deep end.

Also, local real estate agents can also be a goldmine for off-market deals since they often hear about them before anyone else.As for property management, researching and looking at online reviews are a good start, but a real insider tip?