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Does anyone know whether you need to be licensed to invest in notes? I am getting conflicting info. I would like to invest my own money but would ALSO like to find note holders and connect them to institutional note b...
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We have 9 single family rental properties which are financed through Fannie Mae. You can only have a Max 10 Fannie Mae loans...so we are looking into our banking options so that we can grow our portfolio further.
We...
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My wife and I just moved to a small mountain town in Colorado and there is a huge demand for vacation property management here. We already have people that want us to manage their property but we are still trying to u...
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Hi Everyone,I'm trying to assist someone in obtaining a loan. The person in question:Owns primary residence (300K)Has +-300K in equitiesIncome of $35,000They took out a HELOC and used those funds to buy a 4plex for $1...
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Here are a few list of ethics a good Hardmoney lender will follow and borrower to be cognizant about. 1. Do not Bait and Switch IE you see the 100% LTV 5% rates which we know don't exist. Don't advertise what you ar...
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I am in the process of renovating a 5 bedroom home just across the border from DC. For now, my long-term plan is to rent to a RAL company, but it takes a long time to get a property approved for such use. In the mea...
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Selling on owner financing is a key exit strategy for my real estate business, and the new Dodd-Frank Act regulations are really throwing a wrench in it.
A few investors and I pooling money together to hire a...
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Hi BP Mortgage pro's,
theoretical scenario: a doctors loan was used to buy a primary residence rental portfolio piece, while talking with the loan officer @ big bank name about how it would be used as a rental portfo...
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Being a real estate agent first.
I know being licensed and having access to the MLS is quite valuable.
But is it worth the time and money to get it?
And how easy/hard is it to be an agent?
I'm already a part t...
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After spending the last four years studying real estate crowdfunding, as well as successfully launching a real estate crowdfunding site in 2016, I have divided the real estate crowdfunding landscape into three main ty...