The seller is threatening to take our earnest money deposit when we tried to cancel during the inspection period.  Because we wrote the contract “as is”, they said our reason for canceling, the property is poor condit...

I own a rental in CA, and current tenants have lived there for about 3 months.  Rent is due on the first of each month. The lease states the rent is due on the first of each month and will be deemed late any time past...

My recent purchase of a triplex came with three tenants, and they all have leases expiring in May, August and October 2015.  The lease is a one page lease mostly focused on how much rent and little other details.Now o...

Anyone have experience going through this ?

I felt comfortable moving forward for an applicant for one of my rentals but just to cover me a bit I asked for 1.5x the deposit. The applicant was unwilling and kind of up...

We bought a property in CA at a trustee sale with an existing senior lien under the previous owner's name. Now my title company and I are having difficulty in obtaining payoff amount. By standard, the serve company...

If you’ve ever taken a loan from a bank, you know funding can take months and come with headaches. Experienced investors rely on unconventional ways of financing deals. Two methods of this are private money and hard m...

Hello everyone,  I am set to close on my first rental property on Monday (fingers crossed it all goes well but it is conventional financing and not a short sale or foreclosure so there shouldn't be any surprises).  Th...

Probably not even worth a post, but if anyone had any ideas about getting a negotiator to call you faster, I'd love to hear those. or even if anyone has had success finding out what the bpo came back at - that too. An...

Hi BPers,I wanted feedback for my first newbie rental. I'm under contract and COE is end of the month. I'm buying a pre-foreclosure property as-is (condition is okay when home inspector checked it out) SFR (3bd/2ba) p...

I'm purchasing a home all cash. In OH the seller gets to pick the title company and they cover the fees including title insurance from my understanding. I'm sending a large sum and want to be cautious. This is my firs...