There have been several threads here on BP lately about the legality issues when seller financing to consumers. New, apparently stricter federal regs are in place to start 1/2014.

I've posted before that I've been...

Hello all!I have done a search on here for short sales and it seems that they can be pretty time consuming when it comes to negotiating and getting to closing. I am looking for my first house to flip in the DFW area a...

Perhaps I have been lucky to avoid this on the first handful of properties but I recently had my first dispute with a contractor.  I received a bill for much more than we agreed to.  I called several times to try to s...

Hey BP!I've followed BP for a while, but never took the time to jump into the community, found myself sitting on the edge watching in and consuming content. I just signed the contract on our first rental, tenant moves...

After my father's passing in 2010, i hired a property management company to operate my dad's rentals as I have no landlord experience and live two hours away.  Spring of last year I instructed company NOT to renew lea...

Hey All,I have a question for everyone who is currently involved and invested in the real estate market.With private lenders becoming increasingly prevalent in this market place, will there higher risk privately secur...

Interesting is code word for bad.  There is a property I am researching that has multiple deeds of trust showing against it.   They are against the previous owners.  The current owner is bad with paper and does not ha...

Hey everyone,My name is Nick Neville and I am a licensed residential mortgage loan officer. I moved to the Phoenix Valley in October 2021, and have loved every minute of living out here. I was a collegiate athlete, an...

Hello, Separate but related to an earlier consumer credit-related post from the Wall Street Journal, this article describes how credit is used in calculating auto premiums. Search for it Google and it should be the fi...

I am considering purchasing a property through a loan from friends/family. Are there any non-obvious downsides to this kind of loan? Is there a set legal range for the interest rate? Any knowledge/resources on this wo...