Andrew S.
Buying the Home We're Renting from the Owner without Realtor?
Our family has been renting a single-family home (see description/additional background below) for the last 2 years and are considering buying the property from the landlord via private sale. We have an excellent rela...
Charley Gates
The size of the seller-financed note market
I just finished Jimmy Napier's book, "Invest in Debt." In Chapter 2, he states that, in 1982, the size of the seller-financed note market was $75B. I believe that the current size of the seller-financed note market i...
Peter Xiao
How is everyone feeling about rates?
Inflation has only dropped my .1% and Feds are ready to do whatever it takes to drop that. I have been hearing on the streets that interest rates could* go to 12%+. That would be pretty scary heading into a full on re...
Gary Dawson
New rental property in the Smokys! Looking for some sagely advice
Hi fellow big pocketers! In escrow on our new cabin (thanks to Avery Carl) in the Smoky Mountains area. What is best approach for the initial ad on Airbnb and VRBO? I've heard that discounts for the first couple of mo...
Martin Warren
30 yr Fixed or 5 yr balloon amortized over 15 years??
Just looking for some advice. An offer has been accepted on my first rental house. Closing costs were much more than I was expecting (and what was originally quoted for me) on a fixed 30 year mortgage so now I am ex...
David Bennett
Promissory Note Question
I hold a note to a commercial property in a Southern California in a desirable area. The buyer is in a negative cash-flow situation. We have already been through foreclosure once this year and the buyer came in at the...
Chris M.
Renegotiating after home inspection
I am under contract for a small 750sq ft condo. The only issue was that the AC was about 10 years old, and the temperature differential was 15 degrees. I guess this isn't the worst thing in the world, but the inspec...
Jorge Maass
How often do you discount your commission?
Obviously discounting commission on a low priced property ($100,000 for example) isn't worthwhile for some agents because the return is minimal, but would you consider discounting your commission on a property priced ...
Dylan Succa
Raising Rent on Inherited Tenant
I purchased by first rental property in Oct. 2014. I inherited one of my tenants, she still continues to live there. She is currently paying $815 a month. I believe that this unit is under rented and I could be mak...
Traci Lovelace
Cash discount?
What is a reasonable discount to expect when paying a contractor in cash at their request? (yes they are licensed and insured)