Just spoke with a loan officer in the Florida panhandle. She explained there would be around $18,000 total in closing costs to purchase a 250k-300k home...approx $11,000 standard closing costs plus $7,900 in "discount...

My husband and I just met with a Financial Planner who had the deer in the headlights look when we talked about our rental properties and real estate notes. We are about 3 years from retirement and trying to get as mu...

I know it's been done before- I want to hear how you've done it! I would ideally love to get a duplex for my first property- however neither the USDA 0% down loan nor the Washington state first time home buyer 0% down...

I felt like this would be a great topic for BP's Pros and Newbies to discuss.With $20,000 in cash and $20,000 in debt (Existing loan on a rental property @4.75%)Would you use the $20,000 to purchase another property o...

So I recently purchased another rental property (3bed, 2bth, built 2003, ~1300sqft). I purchased it for cash for $68K (tenant occupied, will get to this later). I put about ~$3k into the rehab and about 2-3 weeks star...

Hi,Since House prices are up much higher than rent, is this is good time to buy rental property? Or just follow time and not timing logic?

After the speakers at the conference did their subject-to presentation, I attempted to meet with them outside and ask a couple of questions about some of the things they do. However, they were completely surrounded by...

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_27780191/den...This article explains in a nutshell how intense the market here in Denver is right now.