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Can someone explain to me why exactly is hard money or private lending? Also can anyone who comes across a good deal get hard money?
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I have been trying to network as much as possible locally. Meetups locally are few. I have only found 1 that happens maybe every month. The 1 investor I have been able to sit down with is more of a "traditional"invest...
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I'm in my fourth year of property investing. I believe I've done everything right so far. Paid cash for first property down payment. Used HELOC for property 2. Refinanced property 1 to purchase #3, saved up for #4...
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I am hoping to get some feedback/direction from investors who have been long-term in the Note investing space. I am a smaller Main Street Type investor and have created/manufactured SFR notes as part of my fix-n-flip...
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Hi all! Forgive my ignorance as this is my first time posting and I’m new to real estate investing.There’s a home I’d like to purchase that’s in need of a rehab. They’re asking for $150,000 cash. Similar homes in the ...
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We are working to close on our first deal and have a private money lender to fund that deal, friends of the family. We are going to split the profits. I want to make sure we do the structure and expectation correctl...
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I constantly read about investors all over the country using private money to fund deals, and now that I have found a private money lender I'm curious about how to refinance out of the high interest rate that private ...
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Private money loans:How many of you have heard the phrase, “it takes money to make money?” This is a true statement if you want to make it in real estate investing.People often make the assumption, however, that you m...
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Sharing some resources for private lending!
I'm looking to get my first deal and raise some private money from my family that doesn't have a deep understanding of REI. So, I spent some time researching private lendin...
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I would like to know what you think about the real estate market as a globalized and interconnected medium.