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Hey guys,
Just starting dipping my toe into the real estate investment world. I'm currently at ground zero, learning and networking as much as I can before I make my first move. I work full time and have started a sm...
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I am suppose to close this week on a duplex that didn’t appraise. The Purchase price is 150k and it appraised at 120k. I am locked in due to various circumstances and will loose my 13k deposit plus miscellaneous inspe...
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What is the difference between a pre-approved short sale and one thats not approved. How do you go about working the two.
i am new to short sales. I am seeing a good number of pre-approved short sales here in the Hou...
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To make a very long story extremely short: I assisted a friend with the purchase of her first home a few years ago and of course now, am being burned, after circumstances led her / her family to multiple late payments...
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Hi BP community, I have a SFH that I lived as primary last year for one year. Recently, I moved out of the house and rented as MTR. It is my first MTR and the return on equity is not good (due to high property tax, in...
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Hi there, I'm a newbie to sheriff lien property's. Correctly i purchased a commercial lot and if I'm not mistaken its have 6 months redemption period, after that we can foreclose the property.
Looking for investors...
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I'm trying to acquire a property after I saw the owners moving, and they said they're letting the bank have it back. I call the bank's loss mitigation department and they said to get any info or begin the negotiatio...
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Lets say the seller has a 500k property and owes 250k. Can I finance the 250k he owes with a bank and he carry 50 percent and I pay the remaining 250k over say a 5-year balloon amortized for 20?
Hi everyone, I'm fairly new to this and I have a question (and probably many follow ups.) I've found this quadplex that has a notice of sale posted for it and it's going to auction next month...but it looks like the o...
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So I just got an email from someone that forwarded me a response directly from BofA regarding short sales:
[b]In order to process short sell, we required licensed real estate agent – for sale by owner is unacceptab...