BP,I did my first seller finance sale, creating a note that the buyer is now promptly making mortgage payments to me---going swimmingly well thus far.  After more research, I came across various blogs/posts regarding ...

I have a willing (hands off) partner with cash.  I'm not sure how to structure a deal to be fair to both of us.  My husband and I will be doing all remodel and we have available funds for most of it unless it includes...

Hey Everyone!My name is John Gaal and I am interested in purchasing my first house within the next 3 months (currently working in Fort Worth, TX, but living in Burleson)! :) While I have been investing for a while now...

Hi all,I have an old 1962 house in Austin, TX that has been used as rental for the past 2.5 years. This was originally my primary residence and I am trying to get advice on how I might be able to rebuild a new propert...

My name is Esron.I understand that one can received tax credit on a house for depreciation, and that the time or years allotted for that is 27 years. Now here's my crazy question. Is this 27 years of ownership or 27 y...

Hi. I'm rather new to real estate investing and looking at purchasing my second property. I live in San Diego and it's expensive here. I have a few questions about using a HELOC to purchase an investment property. Bes...

So I need some help - I'm new to this.

I just put an offer on a deal in Maryland that I'm pursuing with a family member (my sister calls him Dad). The plan is to split ownership 50/50. He's providing $100k ...

In a few recent conversations with different folks, it has come up how they are calculating financial performance on multi-family projects. And to be honest, I feel the need to generate a specific post on this, since ...

I'm throwing a question out about how to get started in the infinite banking concept and the ability to leverage one of my properties to get started, does anyone have any experience in doing this? And the other quest...

There are a lot of investors who do seller financing and I would like to sell some of the properties I acquire under my own financing terms as well. My question is: how do you do that and comply with Dodd Frank, which...