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Olga Kostrova How to estimate and verify square footage for a fixer upper?
13 June 2022 | 3 replies

Guys, how do I estimate (well, actually verify my estimates) for the square footage of a fixer upper? Especially if it's a virtual wholesaling. I looked at similar properties in the neighborhood, but from photos it's ...

Daniel Stone Dealing with Stray/Feral Cats
20 July 2023 | 14 replies

Looking at purchasing rental property(s) in a Phoenix neighborhood.  Everything about the neighborhood is great, except the stray cat problem.  There is a cat colony there, not just one house, throughout the small nei...

Katharine Chartrand water bills during foreclosure
23 July 2014 | 2 replies

When you buy an "owner occupied" property from Bank of America, the purchase agreement has a special addendum to cover circumstances that arise when the foreclosed-upon owner remains in the home after the foreclosure....

Sam Valme Leveraging a "Trust" to make offers through an LLC
22 December 2015 | 8 replies

Inception (o.o) an entity within an entity!My father owns 8 Real Estate Properties and rambled on for a period of time about how he has everything within Trusts separately. As a cryptic man, my father didn't really go...

Jay Gray Identity of Interest transactions (aka Non-Arms length transactions)
24 July 2010 | 0 replies

(Current as of ~2003.... I'm searching for any updates to this & will post what I find)

For reference, in regards to FHA loans purchasing property from relatives or other similar situations...

Non-Arms Length Tr...

Angie Stephens buying wholesale deals
8 October 2019 | 12 replies

Hi Everyone,
If you are new to the real estate investing world of fix and flips and rent and holds, The key to making money is buying right. When purchasing an investment property, due diligence is very important. Un...

Levi Lais Our investment property burned down! So many questions...
1 February 2023 | 7 replies

First, I'll lay out the facts and then I'll follow that with the questions...
The Scenario
1. We purchased a house for $467K as an investment property in January, 2022 (the 3rd in our portfolio and in no way would b...

Dina Harleth Find original purchase price of property w no deed of sale?
10 February 2016 | 4 replies

I was gifted a house by my father and am unfortunately not in contact with him.  I have no deed of sale and no idea how much he originally paid for the house.  This info is imoprtant because I may wish to sell the hou...

Corey Dutton Why Have Hard Money Lenders Earned Such a Bad Reputation?
8 April 2015 | 0 replies

Hard money lenders have earned a bad reputation in the area of lending for no good reason. In fact, they are often grouped into the same category as pay day lenders. Pay day lenders hold a larger share of the consumer...

Stefan D. Refinancing an illegally zone duplex
11 December 2021 | 17 replies

Does anyone have experience refinancing an illegally zoned duplex?  It's zoned single family, but set up as a duplex.  It's within the City of Pittsburgh, which seems to be fairly lax about zoning (according to my PM)...