3 reasons that most note investor's fail: 1) Fear that leads to half steppin’. I’m not a fan of rap music but I do like this song from Big Daddy Kane which is titled, “Ain’t No Half Steppin’”. What prevents most ...

Terms in CRE lending that everyone should know...Adjustable Rate Mortgage: Mortgage where the interest rate adjusts periodically up or down through a set index. Also called a floating rate mortgage.Adjusted Gross Inco...

What percentage is the structure worth vs land for depreciation?In California in the property tax bill you can see sometimes the land is 90% and the structure is 10% but the reality to rebuild the structure can someti...

This is a question I hadn't considered until a couple days ago, but here is why I ask it. I'm new to investing and want to start making money, and I'm also committed to learning everything I can about whatever I get s...

I'm renting out the other side of my duplex and there are 3 people on the lease. One of them just called and said he can't afford rent due to job loss and will be moving out. He said he's looking for a sub-lease alrea...

Hi all,Looking for advice for my new real estate dilemma. I had a tenant call me the other day informing me of a fire on the front porch. The tenant left me a message in the middle of the night informing me of the fir...

I saw @james wise thread on the fires in general but here are some other thoughts now that this has grown , I think it's important and very interesting...a) What will happen with CA insurance? They already lost some m...

We should start a BOA sucks thread!This was posted in another thread, therefore, here we are.
Please share your B of A nightmares here and all you are dissatisfied about with this company.

So before people get on me about bragging, please notice I did put this into the real estate success stories forum :).  We are buying our 10th property (a milestone by itself), but the real story here is the numbers. ...

my tenant completely trashed my place, deposit will not even cover the junk removal service I called my insurance (USAA) the adjuster showed up and was very helpful : turns out Trashing the place is not covered BUT (b...