Hi team, I just had a call with a sales agent to sign up for  the Boots on the Ground program. It is a program that they do everything for you from finding the property, rehabing it, renting it or selling it in Philad...

Hello!I am new here and already loving the collaboration. I recently applied for an investment property and it was declined from lenders because of low credit score. rocket mortgage was asking for above 680. Any advic...

In November 2023, Fannie Mae introduced a new policy allowing owner-occupant loans on 2-4 family homes with just 5% down, a significant change from the previous requirement of a minimum 15% down payment. One might thi...

Hello there!!!

First of all, I want to give a HUGE thanks to BP for creating this platform to facilitate discussion/knowledge exchange for real estate investment. I haven’t used BP to it’s best potential but I plan ...

anyone have a good book or any knowledge of where I can learn about section 8 investing more in depth?

I have a multi-family under contract where long-term tenants are paying about 50% of Section 8 Fair Market Rents.  Rents haven't been raised in years.  Over time, I can raise rents gradually to minimize hardship and v...

On the recommendation of a friend/client I recently joined the Bigger Pockets Community and am working on expanding my network. I have 20 years' experience in lending and love to chat with people about experiences the...

I spoke with a lawyer in regards to the idea of "wholesaling" properties and his take was to just write an option contract outright rather than create what is essentially an option contract by including an escape clau...

Has anyone in the Houston market successfully secured hard money loans for commercial real estate investments? I'm particularly interested in hearing about your experiences with lenders, the flexibility of approval cr...

I haven't worked on a short sale in a year and a half, but I'm ready to pursue them again.

What has changed?

Is meeting and selling the BPO agent still the biggest key?

What percentage of short sale approvals have ...