Dan Benjamin
Question about financing
I'm currently considering my first investment purchase, and plan to use leverage to increase ROI. I'm considering either getting a loan in advance or purchasing the property in cash and then refinancing. The latter se...
Chris Allen
Utilizing Second Home Mortgage for STR's
I am engaged to be married, and my fiancé and I have talked about buying a second home with the 10% down and run it as a STR. My question is, if I were to purchase a second home with the 10% down in my own name prior ...
Cathy Lippert
Pay Real Estate tax on to-be rental before Dec 31?
Hi, Forgive me if the answer was posted somewhere else (could not find it). My husband and I own 4 houses, one of which is our primary residence as of Sept 15, 2016. The one we moved out of is being prepared for ren...
Tim VandenToorn
Mathieu-Gast Home improvement Act
I thought I would share this with all the Michigan buy and hold investors. For those of you buying and rehabbing distressed properties for long term holds, in West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Lansing, East Lansing, Detr...
Hannah Costello
Cash Out Refinance Requirements
Hello, my partner and I are curious about the requirements that lender's request to do a cash out refi an investment property into another investment loan. Do they require things like proof of cash reserves, credit, e...
Connor Dunham
2014 Goal Evaluation / 2015 goals
Momentum = (Mass)(Velocity)The mass of tasks I get done in any year is directly affected by how much velocity I have coming off of last year. I am hoping to add to this mass as we start this new year. Here's what I ac...
Account Closed
Seed capital - high risk with credit cards?
I am hearing a lot about using credit financing for new investments in the event your credit score isn't shining. I am interested in the concept, but am hesitant to go further with this, as the risks seem quite high. ...
Brandon Moore
Good to be here
Howdy yall, My name is Brandon im new to real estate investing. Im an experienced renovator and fireman. looking into buying my first investment property in my area. Id love to connect and talk about any advice you wo...
Arjun S.
Buyer price escalation clause. Any limits?
Hello,I have a contract with a builder that has the following clause and I am being told I need to pay 10% over the previously signed contract price due to increase in lumber price (which seems to have fallen 3X since...
David Espinoza
How do you determine the value of an idea?
how do you know if your supposed good idea is a good idea?