I went by the addresses showing on credit reports and asked them which ones are rentals and the landlords' contacts. 

New construction has a very different risk profile from buying existing properties and fixing them up. 

If they wanted to send a hard money pre-approval for half of the purchase, then either A) the lender needs to confirm that they verified the borrower possesses the remaining cash to close, or B) the borrower needs to show proof of funds for the remainder.

It was a 40 inch plasma and cost $2000.

You can do it two ways, one is to do everything yourself and learn the in's and out's.

I'd agree with mortgage news daily - the "average mortgage rate" generally tracks very very closely with the 10-year treasury yield (+ a somewhat steady spread) - google and yahoo finance on that are pretty handy

My niece moved from Redwood City to Seattle and was always complaining about the smoke and air quality, even though I don't think it was that bad  Ya I grew up in Silicon Valley and Redwood city is half way from San Jose to SF.

Hello BP Community,I have been a BP lurker for many years and after falling out of love with retail real estate- I am oh so READY to get into investing (my first true love).

I'm in several co-living groups, and the rent by the room model is getting more popular.

This is when you buy a primary residence (1 to 4 units, the more the better) which you can usually get for a very low down payment and get the best interest rates on and then rent out other units and/or bedrooms within your unit to pay for the mortgage and other expenses.