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Can someone please explain to me how, in 2018, we haven't come up with a better process for:1. The real estate title systemBetween title searches and title insurance - the real estate title system is a $15 BILLION com...
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A person owns a home in Washington, DC and has a mortgage on it. They relocate to Massachusetts. One month later, they refinance the DC home and get a new mortgage, claiming the DC property is still their primary re...
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https://www.ksl.com/article/50...I'm no smarter than the next guy and nobody knows the future. But my common sense tells me you can't increase housing prices 50% or more in two years and expect them to stay there. I p...
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Thought some of us could learn from others mistakes here. Are you all willing to cop to your mistakes? Let us learn from your small misfortunes.
So: What was your biggest mistake investing?
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I am interested and I have signed the initial paperwork for my first (relatively) Large Multi-family. I own 4 homes outright and I have bought them on as renovations that have required several hours of my time and ef...
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to run this idea by the community and hopefully get some feedback on it:
In the past 6 months, I've been hiring unpaid interns for my real estate wholesale business. I've hired about 40+ so...
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Let me know what you think as my potential first investment! 4-Plex Purchase Price: 200kCurrently tax appraised at 218k3% downpaymentTotal Loan Amount: 194,000Texas Teacher Heros Grant: 4% or 7,760PITI: 1729/month (10...
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I am working on building a list of self-directed IRA companies. Here is what I have so far:
1. Entrust
2. Equity Trust
3. Pensco
4. Sterling
5. UDirect
6. Asset Exchange Strategies
7. American Pension Service...
I'm looking at apartment buildings for sale by owner, generally class C or D, to fix and resell or hold. My problem is I have $50 and know little about creative financing.
Please offer any solutions you know of.