Joseph Banko
WA State Moratorium
How are my fellow WA state landlords handling any non-paying tenants right now? I have one four plex in Tacoma. And one tenant in that four plex not paying, so it could be worse. The only downside right now is that...
Albert Ng
Which tenant would you pick?
I have just finished remodeling a SFH rental property in San Jose area. My goal is to rent it out long term. I have 2 top prospective tenants (the rest are screened out).#1: Section 8 tenant approved for 5 rooms. Mex...
Josh Brosius
How to buy foreclosures
I am looking for my first house and have an interest in building a multifamily portfolio. As I'm looking on Zillow for an idea on prices of local houses, I see a lot of foreclosure homes that I like and have listed on...
Tim Kanak
Any Investment Loan Tricks?
Can you get a conventional 5% loan or an FHA loan if you are living in another house? How would the lender know?Can you get the new loan, move in - then move back out to your old home? Any leveraging tricks I can b...
Jake Handler
Flood Insurance- Can It Go Away?
Unsure if this is universal or more on a local level (I'm in North Jersey if it matters), but is it possible to graduate from flood insurance? In other words... can the property get re-assessed to determine flood ins...
Pancham G.
Tax deed auction in FL
Hello,I am looking into purchasing a property at a tax deed auction in Florida. I have a few questions and i would appreciate if someone can help me with them.1) As per Florida law, the county does a lien search for l...
Craig Gabriel
Categorizing Mortgages as Qualified or Not
For government reporting requirements, the mortgage broker company I am working for needs to categorize each of our closed loans as Qualified, Non-Qualified, or Not Subject to Qualified Mortgage Rules. The owner told ...
Daniel Foster
Tax Preparation in Memphis
I am looking for a recommendation on tax preparation in Memphis, TN. I have always done my own taxes, but I purchased a couple of investment properties this year, refinanced 2 others, renovated another . . . I am lo...
Sean Dougherty
Do"relocation funds" still exist?
Hello, I am a preforeclosure investor. In the past one of my main incentives to convince owners to sell to me through short sale was that government funded programs were in place that would give the qualified homeowne...
Russell Gronsky
Mortgages actually not in forbearance
When the forbearance announcement came from the Federal Government, I was curious about the details of how it worked. So I called several banks that hold mortgages for my residential rentals and asked how their progra...