I have heard a couple of different people mention that finding homes before they hit the MLS is one way to get a good deal on homes. My question is how do you go about this? 

Say I've a quad that I have no money to put into, but I have an investor who does have the cash. What is a typical arrangement between the investor and I? Once I buy the property we split half of the monthly income...

I know that commercial lending works different that residential mortgages, but my question is more about what these lending institutions are looking at when they are making their decisions.

1. When crunching ...

I've been trying to finance a rental but it has not been successful.  Im a tipped employee, so when the bank asks for check stubs and W2 it looks bad but my deposits and my bank accounts along with credit are good in ...

[Note: Seeing that I was the last poster to the Canadian Real Estate Forum - and that was three months ago - this may not be the place to post this question :-(]

Brandon and Josh have altered the dashboard and I am ...

It's 5:23 local time here in Washington State. I had to chuckle as I just glanced up and saw that. Everyone in my house is fast asleep and I'm pounding out a "low money down" plan for acquiring property. Blame it all ...

All, I am a new investor in the Washington, DC market. As many of you know, residential supply of single family housing is extremely limited in the metro area, and pricing makes it difficult to underwrite positive cas...

The latest Fannie Mae sale was for 3,400 loans. The prices seem crazy and still trending up.Goldman Sachs  808  loans with a total UPB of $127,716,108. The weighted average broker’s price opinion loan-to-value ratio i...

Hi All - I have a ten person maximum vacation rental in Mexico. Groups range from smaller 4-5 person families to groups of up to 10. I charge everyone the same although clearly larger groups consume more water, gas, e...

Hi, How long after posting your rental property on Zillow etc do you decide to reduce the price? What are the considerations? Consider the current asked price is normal price or maybe a just a bit above the norma rent...