Is it normal to ask for origination fees before loan documents are concluded? A private lender approached me saying to pay a fee before documents are released and before closing. It seems like a scam. I told lender...

I've seen this posted in the forums before but it was a new experience for me today...had a rental listed, crossposted actually, on a few different sites.  I get a phone call asking if I'm the property owner. When I c...

Investment Info:

Other buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $4,500

Cash invested: $4,500

40 acres raw land outside of Winnemucca

What made you interested in investing in this type of d...

Recently I had Mario Garcia from Orange Box Project contact me about a duplex I had for sale. He offered a lease purchase option agreement where his company would sell the option to purchase to a qualified tenant. Per...

In recent years Crowdfunding has been a successful strategy for some startups to fundraise the necessary capital to jumpstart their business with a fair amount of success in some cases; however, what happens when peop...

Anyone use these before?  Basically they purport to lobby to reduce the value of your home and save you taxes. You then pay them a % of the reduction. Here's an example. http://resolutepropertytax.com/residential/Tota...

Hello everyone,  I live in Columbia, SC.  Am apprentice to the real estate investment industry.Have been working in the field of Occupational Therapy for the last 18 years, and have no more room for growth within the ...

Just thought I'd share a lesson learned this weekend. I had a house on Zillow, Make Me Move, and then decided to rent it, so posted it on there last week. (It got picked up by Hot Pads too)

I received an em...

In the last 3 months we've had several prospects send us proof that someone we don't know, contacted them about a property we manage. The scammer either:Claims they work for us and our systems are down forcing them to...

Hi All,I'm a super newbie, and I've come across an opportunity to invest a small chunk of change in a development. This seems to be a form of syndication but I want to be sure it's legit and potentially profitable bef...