Mike V.
Closing escrow Friday- seller keeping future rents
I’m in a bit of a jam. I’m scheduled to close escrow and record with Kauai on my newest short term vacation rental this Friday. My loan was funded today and all the documents are handled. I thought this was a done de...
Deborah R.
rental applicants with bad credit -give them a chance to explain?
I am managing our first property by myself for the first time. I am doing it "by the book" - Brandon Turner's book. Rent is $1500/month for this SFH. I have two applicants (single mom and a couple) who seemed grea...
Peter K.
WHY are closing costs so expensive?!
I'm bleeding money on closing right now. Background story is have a 65K house under contract. 20% down so takes 13K out. Closing costs total $4,271 !! That is 6.6% Total, diming out 17.2K in cash. I thought closing co...
Gene Bor
Can I use security deposit to clean up/restore the yard
Hi all, I have a SFH in King County, Washington not in Seattle. I am not renewing on the tenant who should move out soon. Among the other things the tenant did not do the yard work for at least six month to a year and...
Olena M.
Splitting utilities and meter costs
I am in San Diego building a rental studio on back of property. Permits for construction in and I’ll be given multiple addresses.
I would like to split gas, electric and water to have each unit metered individually....
Raju Charlotte
dscr cash out refi with less closing cost
im looking for dscr cash out refi and i have multiple properties. I came across few lenders and their fee is almost 8k for a cash out of 150k, so I am looking for better lenders who offers with less closing cost (lend...
Tim Porsche
FHA Streamline Refinance Question
Hi All, I'm in the process of trying to do an FHA Streamline Refinance on an FHA mortgage I have. I've talked to my mortgage holder about this and he said I could save about $40 a month doing the refinance, with no ou...
Matt Nelson
1st time Landord; maybe? Please help me understand!!
Hey, Everyone!Im relocating out of state and Im trying to get a financially realistic idea if I should rent my house out or sell it. I dont know how the homeowner to landlord "business" aspects play out and im really ...
London Stewart
FHA or BofA 3% down w/ no PMI?
I am looking into house hacking a duplex. Originally, I was going to use a FHA loan. Most recently, I have found out about the Bank of America loan. This loan requires only 3% with no PMI. Since there is no PMI, I ass...
TJ Reiley
A good starting point.
Hi my name is Tj from around the Philadelphia suburban area and I’m just looking for some information regarding money needed to jump start my real estate investing career! I plan on house hacking within the next two y...