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20 June 2024 | 2 replies
This debt type would throw economic projections for economists and increase the risk of lending for lenders.Phantom Debt is created when a consumer chooses the Buy Now Pay Later (payment plan) option when making online purchases.These types of payments are not currently reported to any credit agencies as debt which is why they have been given the term "phantom."
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19 June 2024 | 13 replies
They are encouraging people to take money from their retirement accounts and using it to buy properties, not that I am am opposed to this, however, I felt it was a bit strange that they mentioned this kind of financing would use a 5/1 arm.
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20 June 2024 | 16 replies
My strategy is to buy and hold these properties, unfortunately I bought this one in January when rates were high.
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19 June 2024 | 7 replies
I read about people who purchase a property, obtained some equity, and used the HELOC on that property to buy their next.
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19 June 2024 | 3 replies
Hello,I am gaining interest in the note buying business and just wondering has anyone here ever heard of Charter Financial by Leland von Syring.
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19 June 2024 | 0 replies
Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
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19 June 2024 | 10 replies
Thanks for the reply Kate, our current properties are in Saint Louis, and we buy them mostly turnkey.
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20 June 2024 | 10 replies
I am a full-time physician assistant getting my real estate license for my own buy and hold business in Georgia.
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19 June 2024 | 4 replies
I'm sure you will gain some interest from potential investors then maybe they can supply you with the down payments and you can pay them back over time and you could buy more per year.From what I know, business is a slow game and from what I hear, successful Real Estate Investing can be boring.
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19 June 2024 | 3 replies
I’m looking forward to learning from the experts here and I’m hoping I can buy my first property very soon.