I am looking to buy a primary residence in near future. My current plan is to extract down payment money from my 401k. I know it is frowned upon but I do not have many choices. I was wondering if there is a viable alt...

Hi everyone,Looking for home builders/developers in the East SF Bay Area, specifically Walnut Creek but anywhere along 680 corridor to share insight on what kind of prices they are spending on lots/land acquisition ($...

I would like an investor to purchase a home for me and sell it to me with owner financing. Is this possible?

So I was driving around a neighborhood of interest today when I happened to see signs for an open house of a property that I was interested in. Turns out the open house was last minute as the buyer backed out of the a...

Hey! I am analyzing properties one by one through sites like Realtor.com,Zillow exc. As a first cut I am calculating which properties cashflow by plugging in estimated price, rent, debt service, expenses, exc. This al...

Using the fomulas discussed here, I am able to find the properties, no problem.. In a great town...with tons of rental opportunity as well as major growth. Now what. I am also a contractor and can quickly get an accur...

If you have hired a specialist to perform a cost segregation study of your real estate property, they will likely use one of the six most common methodologies recognized by the IRS. These methods include:
Detailed E...

Do you account for tax when you analyze a deal?

Why would a sellers not accept an FHA loan and would rather do a conventional loan even though the property has a solid feel of passing the inspection?

I have just spent the last 12 days in hell dealing with US Bank for a loan on a condo investment property.  I would steer far far far away from them.  Yes, they drew me in with a very low APR and points, but the proce...