Pawitar Singh
Seller signed the conventional loan agreement but asking for cash
Hi All,
I am buying few properties in MO, the seller signed an agreement for a conventional loan but she verbally told me that she would like to close the deal with cash! Can she do this? I do not wish to do a cash ...
Account Closed
Purchasing an investment property with 5 % down?
Hi,I'm very new to Real estate and I'm thinking about buying a condo here in Chicago. I'm quite aware most lenders won't finance an investment property unless I give a 20 % down payment. I want to give a 5-10 % down p...
Jay C.
Really __ “Racist for landlords not to rent to felons”
WA Attorney General: Racist for landlords not to rent to felonsA recent court filing indicates that the Washington State Attorney General’s Office believes that denying a prospective tenant with a felony conviction is...
Andrew Eshbaugh
First Time Investor Here
Hello BP peeps!My wife and I are new investors and working on getting our first deal. We located a property that we've walked through with a contractor and another local investor friend. I'll list the details below. I...
Julie Marquez
Alternative K-12 Education - What's Out There?
We've all been thinking about the value of college education as tuition rises, wondering if the time spent and outcome is worth it. There are trades schools, a plethora of online courses, and as most investors know, t...
Jon K.
Renting a room to someone on probation?
Man, I get some real winners.
This one I'm actually considering, only because I need to find someone now and this person lives part-time here, part-time away. All other inquiries were smokers, twice my age, unemploy...
Roman A Elizarov
How Bad Investment in a Bad Neighborhood Reversed to a Good One Occasionally
"The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people."
Mary Roberts Rinehart
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do n...
David Shives
Medical marijuana
With the HIPPA Laws being in place how do you know your tenant is using medical marijuana or the marijuana they bought on the corner from a dealer and is it legal to ask in some states?
Jack Forester
Why I'll never offer a lease with option to buy again.
As a homeowner trying to sell his house (before I got into rentals) in 2011, I agreed to a lease purchase option. We agreed that $500 of the rent would go into an account to be used or a down payment, if they bought t...
Arnie Guida
Had The Chance To Test Drive A PM
And I'm sure glad I didn't sign anything with him.
Young guy, maybe 30, good talker, big talker...I do this, I do that...vacuum once a week, etc.
He wanted a 1 year deal, I said no more than 6 months. I passed.
I ...