Article by Joanne Scoratow

May the REAL lenders step forward please.

The number one question I get asked by a new mortgage broker is, are you a direct lender? This is an intrinsically important question that ...

I am 45 years old just getting started in REI.  My goal is to be able to secure a true retirement. My current retirement plan contains 2 small 401k plans and my self-employment income. My gut tells me I can make this ...

So yesterday day I took over my house that my tenants have literally destroyed. At least in my opinion. I was not making money on this property, literally, I tried renting because my house flipflopped in mortgage and ...

I just wrapped up a busy (and cold!) week in Owings Mills (outside of Baltimore), where I was rehabbing my first rental property. Being my first real estate purchase ever, it was exciting and intimidating to go throug...

Hi BP members! I'm an aspiring multifamily investor from Memphis, TN. Currently in the learning and information gathering stage, I am trying to wrap my mind around the major differences and opportunity costs between c...

Hi BP community! I am from Wisconsin. My husband and I are new to real estate investing and currently seeking for our first rental property investment, preferably a multifamily (2-4 unit) home. We are excited to embar...

In the past year, I have purchased two properties in the state of Connecticut, but am yet to form an LLC, which I would like to do ASAP obviously for a number of reasons. I have put 25% down on both properties with a ...

There are a lot of complaints about bad wholesalers who do things wrong. We all know how frustrating it is to deal with inept, crooked and ill motivated people in any type of the business. I want to start this thread ...

So I took a look at an old Mobile home that I had been talking with a seller about, but before I went out there I called the office and spoke with the park manager to see what their criteria was (thanks Cole). The man...

Newbie here. My wife and I live in Utah and want to get started in RE investing. We have 20k savings designated for RE and this would be our first home/property purchase so we may not even need to use that initially. ...