Jerry Westhoff
Are my tenants paying their utility bills?
Is there a way to check Consumers and DTE to find out if tenants are paid up on their utilities? I am trying to find this out for one of my Grand Rapids units. Regards,-Jerry
Jon Holdman
Great Consumer Crash of 2009
Here's a some lengthy, but very interesting and well researched paper on the economy in general. Focused on consumers overall, but a lot of material about housing. If the author is right, we've not seen anything yet...
Edgar Gonzalez
Is the NACA program the way to go for a first time buyer?
Hey everyone, I am new to Real Estate investing. I just recently got in contact with a loan officer to help me find a lender. But this morning as I was driving to work, I was listening to the BiggerPockets podcast epi...
Cliff Pelfrey
Hard Money Legal Issues
Does A private individual doing private mortgages for profit on OO primary residents at 16 percent interest throughout the United States need to be licensed? As a private Lender do you have to provide a GFE, Tr...
Bob Jones
Best strategy if you want don't want to do a ton of work?
Hi,I've heard it said on this site that investing in real estate requires 2 of the 3: Money, Knowledge, or Hustle. Well, I have a little money, and I like to think I'm a quick study. One thing I'm more reluctant to gi...
William Prevost
Broke newbie just looking at the parts
As name suggests, I sense I have some of the parts to build (or start) my real estate investment business. The problem is I am not sure where or how to start. I am unclear with myself on what (rental, flipping, etc.)...
Rob Bergeron
State of The Louisville Market
Money is tightening up anywhere (I read something about bonds being pretty lucrative right now, safer bet). We are still moving product at a pretty great rate. I think everyone kind of understands rates will be fallin...
Naseera Mohamed
203K loans
Is a 203 K loan restrictive as to choosing the contractor, etc ?My mortgage Loan officer tells me it is a tedious process. Is that true?
Megan Roche
Getting finances set before purchase of first house hack property
Hi everyone, thanks so much for taking the time to read and respond to this post! I'm new to real estate investing, but know that I would like to purchase my first multi-family property in the next year-18 months in t...
Stanislav Sagan
Is Fico Score needed to get great deals?
Hi everyone! Are there good alternative ways to acquire real estate deals with no Fico score? I'm 20 yrs old looking to invest in RE in the near future. What's stopping me right now is mainly lack of capital. It see...