How would you respond to a counter offer where the seller wants to cover roofing defects with liquid asphalt?  From what I have collected from professionals is just adding a bandage to the situation and would void any...

Hi,I wanted to get advice from others who been down is road before. I have a property I’m interested in that is listed for $55,000 and been on the market for 634 days. The home value is $49,000. Also the comparable ho...

I got a question for everybody, what jobs do you guys currently have or if you are a full time investor what did you do before that, I am still a lab assistant, I make $10.60 an hour but I gave notice and my last day ...

Hello All! It nice to be here. I'm new to the site and new to Real Estate investing. I found 3 little one bedroom houses.  Ok, I admit, emotion got the best of me. But as I looked closely (well, remotely) at the units...

I’m in negotiation for an REO. The listing agent informed me up front that the furnace didn’t work. He didn’t know what was wrong with it, just that it wasn’t working. I asked my lender (conventional mortgage from a b...

We have an opportunity to invest in DFW area (45 minutes from downtown)... The success of the deal would be predicated on appreciation.  What are y'all seeing in the DFW market?

Hi BP, excited to say I made my first offer as an educated real estate investor today on a Freddie Mac REO property.  I emphasize the "educated" part b/c I made an offer on an investment property 14 months ago...and t...

I am about to make my first REO offer, any advice on getting it accepted or what to expect would be greatly appreciated.

I read a BP blog post about how to get my offer accepted, and I am planning to remove the inspe...

I thought it would be very helpful to start a thread where we track approved short sales and some chosen details. That way, as investors, we can better track the progress from the lender to lemnder or servicer to ser...

I have about 7-8 files in negotiating right now with about 4 different banks that have all been assigned negotiators and have had BPOs performed on them. Most of them even with 2 BPOs or appraisals. All 7-8 file bank ...