My realtor told me that in rder to buy a reo property the bank wants 1oK in earnest money. The arv is $400k, and i will be offering 15ok. I told him the most I would offer is 2k. He said that the banks ask for 10k be...

Hi Folks, I live in Tucson and have 2 rental properties I own and manage. A friend of mine owns 5 rentals in town and he lives in Payson--about a 3 hour drive so I look over his properties.
Originally the plan was tha...

There is a short sale on the MLS in my market that is very, very close to where I live. If I were to someone acquire this property I would rehab and it a sell it. I have a few questions -

* Is the listing a...

Hey there everyone,

I took a hard hit during the housing downturn and now I'm finally ready to begin investing again. After listening to many people online talk about lease option assignments and sandwich lea...

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If the loan terms were the same, would you be more likely to work with a private lender or a hard money lender?

Hard money lenders use private money, so to my mind they are the...

I am new in real estate and about to buy my first house. The house’s listing price is 800k. I found this house in Redfin and saw it by myself in it’s open house alone. My buying agent was involved only after I decided...

I am trying to gain some knowledge and experience of investing in the military and what challenges it can pose. I would like to hear the challenges, successes, and learning that occurred. Reason is to learn from other...

I find myself in a real estate purchase conundrum. BLUF: seller is trying to cancel our contract to buy and threatening litigation.
A bit of background, wife and I put an offer on this house. The process was going a...

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good syndicate with a track record in multi family.  I already have some investments with Ashcroft.  Was wondering if there were any other firms I should look at.Thanks,Marc

I just had a not to plesant experience with a short sale deal I had on under contract in november, so I found the deal on the mls, I put in an offer for 115k a few days later the agent calls me to say that there are m...