Dan K.
Transfer short form appraisal to another lender?
Hey BP - I'm scheduled to close on a refinance tomorrow Just a few hours before close of business today, the lender threw me a curveball and gave me a different refinance amount, telling me that I have to bring cash ...
Rodney Alexander
Streamline business finances
Starting the process to be more efficient with real estate financial management. Looking for any input on financial institutions supportive and competitive with cash out refi's, banks/financial institutions easy to d...
Marco Bario
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
I was reading a bit about the new almost 800-page long CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act which takes effect Jan 1, 2018. As I understand it, the document serves to amend the existing HMDA "made by section 1094 of the ...
Jofre Olivero
I have a newbie question regarding BRRRR !!!
Hello dear investors, I have a questions regarding "Refinance" of the process BRRRR. I assume this part of the process is done with a financial institution and that there are credit metrics to meet to get this REFI do...
Matthew Heiser
Security Deposit Account State
Are there any issues with holding a security deposit in an account of a financial institution that is headquartered in another state? We use online deposit capture with a large bank that does not have a brick and mor...
Carla Carvalho
Industry Partners at Patch Of Land
I have done investing through Patch of Land and other crowdfunding platforms. Recently PoL released a memo regarding their new partnership with several institutional lenders. Not only does this memo seem vague and not...
Joe Latson
Current State of the Single Family Market
Despite the seemingly abundant headlines about institutions diving head first into the single family housing market, they only control only 2% – 3% of single family rentals. The majority of rentals are owned by small ...
Bradley Buxton
How Corporate Buyers Affect the Housing Market in the West
According to a recent report, corporate buyers own about 3-5% of single-family homes in the US, but that number could increase as they see more opportunities for profit.
Some lawmakers are trying to stop this trend b...
Nate Marshall
It's time to move on past the antiquated HARD MONEY and HARD MONEY LENDER terminology
To end the confusion once and for all we need to put a cold hard stop to using the terms of hard money and hard money lenders. Private Money can be lent by individuals and institutions. The hard money industry was the...
Ian Stevenson
US Bank Accounts
Hi there Bigger Pockets,We are new to BP, but have been investing in Tax Certificates & Deeds for a few years now. Looking at properties to expand our business into the rental market etc. We reside in Australia ...