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I am Neerav. I am a software engineer and run a software services company. I live in Bay Area. Most of my friends are software engineers.
I have realized (but have not proved quantitatively) that giving a mortgage ...
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What kind of rates are investors getting from private lenders? What's the holding period? Are the payments interest only?
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Has anyone dealt with Do Hard Money.com and if so how was your experience I thought hard money guys didn't ask for money up front, any thoughts?
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I'm a relatively new investor, and earlier this year took out my first hard money loan on a flip. The closing costs for the loan ended up being almost $9,000 on a $70,000 loan. I'm wondering if this is typical of hard...
ALERT - To all Bigger Pockets usersI was contacted by user with screen name "Diane Windsor" who offered a too good to be true hard money loan, that requires no credit check and is based on property value only. He or s...
Would like the to understand if I can find a friend to invest in my company, while I invest in their company. Both of us using our self directed IRA. Loan amount of 200k. The way I see it, even they get into trouble...
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I have an LLC with a partner that is currently being taxed as a partnership. We are considering electing sub-chapter S status for 2013 to help save SE tax, we are in the business of flipping.
Currently we have an ...
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So my wife and I finally received all tax returns for the two years running our business we are located in Florida and send an application to a lender as a first time home buyer. My wife was the only one who was on th...
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I am in the process of buying land outside of a major Texas city. I plan on building multiple 6 plexes on the property but I am running into a few problems. First, after doing some research I am noticing a that the id...
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1. I am very interested in investing in Fractional First Trust Deeds. I am based in Northern California.From the Internet, I signed up to receive fractional trust deeds offers, however, the interest rates they offer v...