Hi everyone, I’m a newbie; trying to work on my first property with a buy & hold strategy, looking for a 3 unit multi-family, I’ve been doing my homework on FHA loans. I already have a preapproval from The Federal...

Background: Tenant broke 1 year lease, which would have ended Dec 9th. She had some late fees accruing and didn't pay October 10th rent, and let me know Oct 12 by text that she was breaking the lease but wanted to sta...

Wow, I thought this day would never come..... After three months of negotiating with Fannie Mae, I feel great knowing that I am now going to be an "official" investor. My closing date is set for Jan 2014 and I can...

I'm currently trying to solve an issue of finding insurance that covers STR/MTR for my primary residence. I'm purchasing a home, moving in with a roommate, but also turning the closed off basement with a private entra...

Hi Everyone,I'm looking at buying a Single Family House and converting the attic into another bedroom and have a couple questions:1.  The attic has two exits, the stair leading to it and window right next to the stair...

Hello Everyone!I moved into a new area a few months ago, into a standard little neighborhood for my area. Whole bunch of 3/2, ~1,400 sqft houses, built in 1977/1978. Today, while the wife and I were doing misc. work o...

So I"m just learning about self directed IRA and it seems there's quite a few possibilities that is available if I can properly use this strategy to buy real estate. Here's a strategy that I've been kicking back and f...

Hello All,I am new to BP. Thank you for providing such an awesome community and forum for those of us just getting our start. I have a somewhat unique story to share. I started RE in mid 2014. In the course of 1 year ...

Hey everyone.  Obviously a lot of things to discuss related to Seller Financing (SF).  For the sake of this post, my question relates to early payoff considerations.  I'm currently working on a time-phased purchase of...

Going absolutely nowhere.   I agree with this solid piece.http://www.housingwire.com/articles/31958?utm_content=buffer38a16&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer