So we've got an accepted offer on a nice small duplex. We need to meet all conditions by Friday and everything seems on track. We haven't had the inspection done yet because that would be the first money we have to sp...

Hi everyone,One of my goals in real estate is to not only house hack in the US, but house hack in Europe as well. I am in college right now and am hoping to get a remote job in the future where I can make this possibl...

From a fall article in the Scotsman Guide, the popular topic of loans scams in hard money is a conflictive one, particular for those who have been the victim of one. Loan scams are a huge problem in hard money loans f...

Hi BP friends, Since I have 5 rooms available in the upstairs portion of our huge Victorian, and I'd like to save some more money toward buying our second investment property, I've decided to rent out the rooms upstai...

A series of earthquakes, largest one so far happened early morning on Jan 7th 2020, magnitude 6.6M in the Richter scale in Puerto Rico just 8 miles from the south coast.  Some areas in the south have suffered the wors...

Thought i would start a new thread. It came up in conversation today that a typical real estate transaction for my Brokerage we are charging 6%. For those who know the bank is the payer in this transaction. In my expe...

Hi all!We have a former STR that we had to transition to LTR. (That's a story for another day.) But we found students who need a furnished unit for four months and can pay a higher price for such. I had a standard lea...

I recently bought a house from two brothers who had inherited the property as part of their deceased mother's estate. I paid them what they were asking for it; almost the cost of the land only. The 90 house needed a f...

I've been browsing for a while to try to figure out what are typical down payment and interest rates for loans as you increase the number of loans in your portfolio and I still can't get a good grasp on it.  These lim...

I'm in the process of purchasing a six unit mixed use building that has 3 commercial spots.  I expect the tenants to be the smaller businesses like insurance agents, delis, telephone/ipad repair shops and etc.  I also...