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First time home buyer here. I'm trying to understand the world of real estate but the longer I deal with this the more I get the feeling real estate agents are like used car salesmen... shady. I told my agent to put i...
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My guess is that you had mixed thoughts when you originally read the name of this topic. I wanted to generate as much interest in it as possible and hope it will serve as kind of a warning to a lot of people here on ...
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I am interested in becoming a private money lender. Whom might someone like me contact in order to get an initial start-up loan/funding? Some people have told me that you need to use your own money, however I just wa...
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Hi there!Been interested in investing for a while and been listening to all the amazing podcasts. Thanks to everyone for sharing their journeys. I'm Finally trying to move on this and am looking at houses for purchase...
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After speaking with several real estate professionals, and one in particular, I’ve collected a few controversial ideas and beliefs. I don’t have enough experience to determine whether or not these are accurate assess...
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My lender is warning its clients that it will no longer accept payments from a business bank account, which is how I’ve been paying the loan since its inception many years ago. They insist I must pay using a personal ...
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Let's talk about some NC Market data that has been pulled from the Office Of State Budget and Management in NC.NC has 5 key markets, broken down by what they are "best in". I will link the article at the bottom conta...
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Newbie here trying to get as much as possible right from the beginning.I want to start networking and need to know what should i put on my business card. What words should be used that could make me stand out from oth...
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Hey Everyone,My wife and I are managing our first property and are having an extremely difficult time getting tenants. It's 12 units of lofts in a great area, walking distance from one of the most popular downtown hot...
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Getting a Heloc, hopefully around 120K. It's a fixed loan product, need to borrow full amount by end of Feb to take advantage of 10y at 4.49%. It being long term and fixed is perfect for what I intend to do with it, j...