Good morning BP!I am a new investor trying to figure out an innovative way to fund my first investment property due to a lack of capital. I currently live with my boyfriend in a house he owns, and I have been told by ...

I've been a big fan of Mint.com for years. It allows me to track everything I have, categorize, export, and graph. I can set budgets and goals. It has a smooth browser and smartphone experience. It syncs real-estate w...

I've love to hear any opinions about the long-term (15-20 year) real estate appreciation prospects for Portland, OR.  I'm not really an investor, but do own one single-family house in a great inner east-side neighborh...

Hi there,Just got 2 supplemental property tax bills for a house I purchased earlier this year in CA.Anyone know if lenders typically allow the use of the money from an impound/escrow account to pay for these or on my ...

Please share any successful principle reduction situation you experienced. Is this really possible? Bringing down loan balance to current market value?

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I am working with a family who wants to sell their home and it has a reverse mortgage with Wells Fargo. I will be purchasing the home with cash and it needs A LOT of work.

Basically, the house i...

I want to obtain a HELOC to have funds for investing purposes. I shopped around with 3 different lenders and found they pretty much provide the same product/credit line (80% of Property Value - Existing Mortgage = HEL...

Hi - I am looking for an advice on whether or not choose Home Equity Loan or Line of Credit. I understand the basic difference between these two financing options. What I am trying to do is to borrow enough from eithe...

Fannie Mae is coming out with new guidelines to allow 5% down payment on 2-4 unit multi-famiy (Owner-Occupied)...This is huge news at least for an area like San Diego where FHA (3.5% down) can't be used for 3 and 4 un...

I've reached the point where I'm out of personal funds to get 20% down. I've heard/read people that are using LOCs to fund their deals, yet no specifics.Can someone provide an example with numbers showing how they use...