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Put in an offer for 153k with an escalation clause to 167k and it was escalated to 166k how can I check the legitimacy of the offer that caused the escalation?
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Luckily in my several years lending, I haven't had any deals get too messy so I don't have much experience with finding creative ways to solve problems and my attorney is sometimes not aggressive enough, IMO. So I am...
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Hi everyone, I’m a college student living in Hammond, Louisiana. My husband and I are both working part time jobs but trying to learn as much as we can to get into real estate investing (wholesaling, home flipping, et...
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Hi BP Folks! My husband and I are in contract on an investment property as buyers, completed the inspection, and our agent submitted our repair requests timely. Contract specified that seller had 2 days to respond (y...
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One of the most frequent posts in the forums is a recommendation request for an agent or hard money lender. While these requests are against our rules due to the self-promotional responses they generate, we realize th...
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Hey folks,
I'm interested to hear the BP community's thoughts on whether we could be on the brink of a wage / price spiral in the U.S.
A wage / price spiral occurs when wages increase (which is occurring), and those...
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I just went to a website to apply for pre approval and they require 15% of the loan amount in the account, is that the norm now? Back in the day it didn't require this but it has been several years so I figure I woul...
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I'll keep this short. Tenant A is a 30 year old teenager. He paid the below market rent 1-2 weeks early every month for the last three months until this month( his year lease is now up) and procrastinated payment unt...
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How do you validate a notary to make sure its real? Is there a site were we can look up there name and comm. # or how can I get in contact with them?
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Hi, we own 15 acres up on the Yucca Mesa and are finally, after a year and a half, starting the permitting process with San Bernardino County. As evidenced in these forums, building in the hi desert is no joke - you h...