We have some performing loans in the portfolio and have been contacted by a two of our borrowers (so far) who are currently out of work due to COVID-19 lock downs.  They are asking about skipping payments until they c...

Curious to hear everyone's thoughts beach/mountain rentals and other short term rentals.   I was actively in the market for a beach house but I believe I'm going to hold off. I think it'll be smart to hold off and see...

Hi All! I purchased a condo unit about 8 years ago as a primary residence. I aggressively paid it off (while i lived there) before i made it a rental and have been renting it out for the last few years.
I was interes...

The last month we have been running across a large number of foriegn investors at Sheriff sales, Homepath and Hubzu property visits. (more than "normal"). We just used to see them alot at bulk sales but now more in...

So SolarCity broke ground the other day for a new 5 Billion dollar project building a manufacturing site that will bring 3k plus jobs to the area. It will supposedly be the largest solar panel manufacturer in the west...

Hello all, came across an article from last year regarding Fair Isaac finally giving estimates on how late payments, foreclosure, bankruptcy, etc. affect credit score. You can find the article on CNN at http://money.c...

Hello all,
I am new to the site and just bought my first rental through my LLC this week! my question is I am going back to school and thought I would buy a home where I go, pay the mortgage with student loans and th...

Im 21 and don’t have a very long credit history to begin with. I got started with real estate about two years ago. Since then I’ve bought one duplex, I bought my own house and also applied for multiple credit cards (w...

I'm looking to purchase a run down bank-owned property that is on a historic list and have it demo'd. The Historical Committee chairman told me that the owner of the property (the bank) would have to submit a Demoliti...

Hi,I use two techniques to financially evaluate notes:1. Through the RATE() function in Excel, without considering the costs relating to the note2. Through an Excel sheet that i built that takes into account servicer ...