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Unable to Deliver Marketable Title Return of Earnest MoneyA friend of mine, Kevin, recently is in a situation which I cannot seem to understand fully, but am hoping a Real Estate Attorney can shed some light on the su...
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In an earlier thread, I described my concerns about getting out a problem tenant. They actually did move out on time yesterday, thats the good news. Bad news is that in the process they removed/threw away all the dr...
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Good Evening All-I have been scoping Bigger Pockets out for a little over a year (stumbled upon it while searching about real estate) and have been a little self-conscious about asking questions. No one wants to soun...
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My wife and I are beginning to pool funds to begin a real estate investing venture. I have a 401k from a former employer that I would like to leverage to our new business. I have been researching "Checkbook Control"...
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Hello all you smart BP people!I have a question for today: How do YOU view debt? Here are some sub-questions that you can pick and choose from to add to the conversation:--> What are your personal "rules" abou...
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on all the paperwork auction has the incorrect city listed. now what? home did not close yet. any chance i can get them to take 5k off my bid or should i just back out of it? they have everything correct except the...
What is the downside to purchasing a multi unit (28 units) building (currently approx 90+% rented), if rates rise, and the economy slows? I heard on podcast 3 that the guest lost millions in the 2008 downturn. I am g...
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Those of you hosting with Homeaway and VRBO have certainly received 2 emails in the past few days;
One email is from HA/VRBO telling us they are dumping Yapstone because Yapstone now wants to charge 3% additional fo...
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Just got approval for short sale. I owe $200K on beach property and have an offer for $90K. In the short sale agreement it states that the lender or its investors may pursue a deficiency judgement for the difference...
Understanding a Mortgage Appraisal - Part 1
The first thing to understand is appraisals are not all the same or equal. In fact, each appraisal is unique to the needs of the specific client.
Mortgage Appraisals are...