I'm making an offer & trying to verify what's in the MLS. The house has a detached garage, so that makes it easy to exclude garage. When I measured the individual rooms in the house and added together, it came up ...

My goal is to purchase a multi-family and owner-occupy one unit. This will be my first home purchase. I've been using the 50% rule up until now to get an idea of what the CoCR would be, but I'm seeing some huge differ...

Title says it all. Other than the obvious of paying a title company, for those of us who prefer to do our own legwork on this, anyone know how to verify that the loan you will be bidding on (foreclosure auctions) is i...

All experienced landlords and real estate investors have learned that as much as they may trust the source of information, whether it be from a tenant, contractor, seller, consultant, etc. we still have to verify expe...

is there a certain protocol for calling to check an applicants employment or rental history?

what are some good questions to ask?
is there anything that is off limits?

thanks

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I have read that some people copy a check to send in with their offer. Do listing agents or the bank call the buyer's bank to verify the amount on the check is in the account?

I was reading where a ...

Hello,
I would like to know how to verify if a home inspector is licensed.
Thank you.

When underwriters verify income, how is this accomplished? - aside from just looking at what I sent them.   Let's say I forge all the numbers on my tax returns, w2's, paystubs, etc. etc.. would they be able to catch...

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I have this applicant who doesn't have a good source of income except for her claim of child support. How would I verify that she is getting income in the form of child support i.e. not all husbands actua...

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I'd love to check my math. Would you do this deal? It (almost) meets the 1%, but my math says 3.8% cash on cash. Am I analyzing it correctly? Even if I tweak the purchase price to 1% (320K), still only 4...