David Stone
Mortgage with Escrow (PITI) or without (PI only)?
Quick question: Do you prefer to pay taxes and insurance yourself or through an escrow account? (...and why?)We have all of our properties set up with mortgages and escrow accounts. Lately, we have had issues. Betw...
Doug Heise
National Flood Insurance Expires Monday at Midnight!
If you are working with a buyer using financing this could be a problem. Has anyone come up with a better solution?
WASHINGTON – May 28, 2010 – Congress has a number of bills that would extend the National Flood I...
Rich Weese
If you have a job-be grateful- this needs to be read
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=328107&src=109
There are 6.2 people looking for every single job currently available. This is by far, the highest ever recorded. If has not been shrinking and means more troub...
Miguel Peral
Miguel Peral @ Mozambique & Portugal
Hi all,My name is Miguel Peral. I am a 45 year old entrepeneur that started dealing with Real Estate business and investments when I was 19. Since then I have just worked in two major áreas: Telcos and Real Estate. I ...
Katherine Hamilton
Realtors worried about the future of the industry?
I'm a journalist working on an article about how the recent news about the head of NAR and the tough housing market right now is impacting Realtors and the Realtor industry. I'm based in Virginia, so hoping to get a p...
Chris Nall
SFR partner needs to cash out. We dont want to sell or refinance, any suggestions
We purchased a SFR rental 1.5yrs ago with a partner that put up the capital for the Down Payment ($39K) we've managed the property and maintenance. Our partner has run into some unexpected issues and would like their ...
Alex Hardy
New Investor in Brooklyn, NY
Hello All!
I'm Alex, a 24 year old new investor in Brooklyn, NY. I'm finally taking the plunge after sitting on the edge of the pool for a few years (boo!) and I'm pretty excited about it.
Initially, given my finan...
Stephen Brown
Considering Other Market? Look at Toledo, Ohio
A few months a go I posted the following:"Toledo has been making some big strides lately and has a become an investor hot spot for out of state investors. The city is ranked the #1 mid-sized city in the USA for new bu...
Stephanie Bureau
Getting Paid while Driving for Dollars?
So there's a new company coming out this month called Chariot for Women. It's like Uber, but with female drivers and female passengers (male children under 13 are allowed). This takes out a lot of the issues females h...
Joseph Wells
Property Manager says Quickbooks is holding funds
Hi All,My property manager has recently started using Quickbooks. He is allowing tenants to pay online, but for those payments, the funds have been held by Quickbooks. Is this a common occurrence? The property manager...