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Mortgage scams and other lending scams are common in today’s tight credit markets. Banks aren’t lending and everyone is looking for private money loans to fund their investments and businesses. When the market demand ...
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I'm bored to death sitting in Quito. That is in Ecuador, on a LONG flight delay. I just put a deal together to sell a foreign property I wasn't counting on and it should net a fair amount. Â Â Â I've always tried to ...
Is there a difference between the two?
If the loan terms were the same, would you be more likely to work with a private lender or a hard money lender?
Hard money lenders use private money, so to my mind they are the...
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I was just listening to a financial radio talk show and they said home buyers in this market (I’m in Boston) should be aware that they are buying at potentially the edge of a bubble and if they buy now should not plan...
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Hey everyone,So I am about to close on my fist rentals. It's insane. I completed my first flip, it went through three potential buyers that all ended up with lending issues, and finally is just now selling a year lat...
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The area's I am interested in aren't anywhere near me - so just wondering if it's feasible and if anyone has experience outsourcing the management of a STR? Pro's, Cons, Thoughts?
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I have been trying to get my head around the chicken and the egg game. I want to get a property under contract but I'm just starting out and I'm not 100% curtain i will be able to secure funding. Is it shady or immora...
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Quick question . . . . looked at a property listed around $75,000. The agent we contacted that we have used on other properties (which were over $100,000) is saying that we as buyers would need to pay the difference ...
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I own a few rental properties and had a question that I wanted to run by you all. My wife and I own a small real estate investment company and while our goal is to make a living off this company, we don't want to do i...