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I'm considering borrowing money from my family to use for a portion of my down payment on a rental property. Any advice on how to navigate the conversation and also agreeing on terms?
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Has anyone worked with CertainLending.com yet? I can't seem to find anything about them. Someone reached out to me on BiggerPockets directly. Would you try to work with a new-ish hard money lending firm?
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Hello,I have several SFRs that have lots of equity in them and I wondering if anyone used a method of cross-collateralization to pledge the equity as collateral, thus avoiding doing a cash-out refinance or HELOC. It s...
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There was a topic on this about 2 years ago, but I wanted to update it with my own information. Plus, I think it's a very useful and relevant discussion for other investors out there, considering especially the curren...
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For the sake of clarity, I am using simplified round figures...
I took out a six-month hard money loan to improve a property I already owned in my personal name (paid cash) for $100,000 nominally, with 5 points orig...
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Hello all. Curious if anyone can share experiences with borrowing in a Self Directed IRA with a non recourse loan? I am in CT and learning all I can about investing in a SD IRA and would love to hear if anyone could ...
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Situation: I'm a first time STR buyer. This would be my first RE investment. I have a person who will pay the down payment on an STR. Goal: To own the property and exit the money partner from the deal once they'v...
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Hi All,
I'm newbie here not sure if this is the right board to ask this question.
I planned to do the rehab business(buy from truestee sale) for a while, but just short of cash, recently I'm lucky enough convinced a...
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Hello,I purchased a property with a grant deed on a subject to arrangement. Paid 25K. Current Value: 130K. Previous seller defaulted on a 100K note that had not been collected on since 2011. Bank of America now is com...
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Is it possible to lend out of my self directed IRA through a NOTE to someone starting a business. There would be no real estate involved.