I am starting out in my real estate investing journey and was hoping to see if fellow investors recommend pursuing short sales, banked owned properties and foreclosures, versus pursuing typical MLS properties or off market properties with distressed properties or sellers.  

Future rental income is not able to be used.Keep in mind that retirement assets (401K, IRA, etc) are eligible towards reserves, and so are any other investment accounts.Rental income is only used towards the income portion of qualifying, not towards assets.Hope that helps. 

I am a little new at real estate investing but have alot of experience in finance, lending and insurance....so is 2-5 points on these deals the standard norm?

What kind of deals do you invest in?

Looking to get in touch with small operations in Indiana that focus on rehabbing multifamily. It’s been surprisingly hard to find anyone doing that here so figured it’d be good to look on BP!

With my current savings, is this property a reasonable first investment?

Hello,I am a mortgage broker who does a few personal investment deals a year and used to go to quite a few ct REIA events.

But since I'm a newbie, I'll ask anyway and risk ridicule.The question centers around what goes on behind the scenes in  real estate investing. 1.

He immediately came back and started throwing large tree branches and other stuff on to my deck. i called the police a second time and they came and arrested him and gave me the report number.i have a security camera video of him throwing the brick, walking in and out of my property, screaming, and throwing the branches.what do i do to protect my workers and not lose my investment.

Due to valuations in Van,BC are a bit out of whack, I am looking to start my investment journey outside of B.C., in particular Edmonton.