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Hello Everyone, I am new to money lending (I have funded one mortgage so far) and I am trying to decide if I should proceed with a first mortgage opportunity.The property was appraised at $150,000 but the appraiser ma...
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Looking for advice.
In my neighborhood a condo going into auction on auction.com. I want to grab it as an investment prop. Would you hire a title company to do initial search or go to court house?
Because if I win ...
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Hi!My name is Kevin Moore and I live in Snohomish, WA. Snohomish is located 30ish miles north of Seattle close to Everett. I'm 31 and I've been interested in real estate since I was a kid. I've read books, listened to...
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I haven't yet pulled the trigger on a commercial property, I'm just spit balling. I hear a lot of great advice for screening tenants for rental properties wit SFR and MFR, but what kind of screening do you do for a sm...
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Hi all,
In what form do you accept a buyer's earnest money deposit? I've heard of some investors who only accept a cashier's check and others who will take a money order for EM.
If you are in the cashier's-check-on...
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I have a split-level built in the early 70's that gets some water in the basement/downstairs living room, as well as the crawl space, during heavy rains. There is a water dam and a working sump pump in the crawl space...
Hello everyone!New to BP forum, heard only the podcasts and seen the webinars up until now. Great info!I'm a flipper in Indianapolis, listed a property after a long rehab (first flip of mine) and got a buyer!Buyer did...
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I’m not here to add kindle to the crash fire. But, if there is any market that’s not ready for a real estate crash, it’s the Silicon Valley. Let’s face it: values are inflated, techies are moving and investors are sta...
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Heya BP community.
Finally taking the time to write an introduction after 5 years of lurking behind the scenes, in the fear of losing my anonymity.
Here comes a long postponed intro of who I am and why I keep comin...