Steven Giustino
Benefits of seller financing for the buyer
Hello I am actively looking for my first real estate deal. I am in long island new york, and looking for a rental property while I am still leaving at home. I have enough money saved up for a good down payment. Mostly...
Jenine Kenna
LLC and bank accounts
Hello! I'm a real estate agent and an attorney (not practicing). My brother-in-law is a licensed contractor. We are ready to start investing and need some advice on starting an LLC and bank accounts. I know some in...
Jorge Abreu
The Importance of Understanding the Seller
When investing in real estate, it's important to figure out how skilled and knowledgeable the seller is. It's likely that you have an idea of how skilled the seller is, right? Sometimes sellers are very structured, co...
Big Fischer
USDA Rural loan eligibility on Multi Family
Maybe it's just me, but I find the USDA website to be extremely complicated and full of contradictions. So if someone could help me out with this, I would be very grateful.
1) Does the USDA rural 0% down mortgage all...
Julian Maso
Methods to Finding Partners?
I was just curious as to what the best method to find a viable partner, lets say.... across the country. Unfortunately, i live in a sort of slummy area where prices of houses do not match the socioeconomic status of t...
Andrew Nesbitt
How are 2nd mortgages priced?
For example. Lets say you have a $100k house with a $90k first and a $10k 2nd mortgage. Borrower has an 800 FICO. The 2nd is at 10% interest only, balloon in 5 years. How much would a fresh note like that be wort...
Keen C.
Japan RE - Minimizing Taxes while Building a Bigger Portfolio
Hi BP! I joined recently after hearing much about the forum. I'm an American based in Japan, and finally decided to take the plunge as a personal investor a couple months ago and acquired a 14 unit residential build...
Adam Sheren
SELLING INVESTORS ON A DEAL
Happy Sunday !I'm in the process of meeting investors to gauge interest in investing money into my REI business to purchase Multi-Family rentals.What have you found to be the best method/presentation to pitch these de...
Nicholas Varner
Big Data in Real Estate
In today's post, I want to use experience I've had in two fields that I really love: databases and real estate. Specifically, with databases I want to go over new techniques using more data and varieties of data as it...
Melissa Mendoza
Need help analyzing this deal on multi-family home!
I found what I think is a GREAT deal in Queens, NY. It is an old, abandoned synagogue with a 4-car garage, small backyard, and rooftop deck. It is about 4500 sq ft. There are also 2/3 balconies attached to each floor/...