I'm in the early stages of an investor pitch for a small, niche community in the Houston area. I *know* this is a loaded, hard-to-answer question, but I need some input re: what to estimate for what I would call "lot ...

After years of educating myself on real estate, I'm eager to finally jump in and do a small deal out of state.
But, I live in Los Angeles, and it feels like an FHA loan would be my only way to own here. The amount o...

I own five rental properties and am in the process of doing a cash out refinance on one of them. I own my current residence and do not have a mortgage on it. Do you think it is better to do a cash out refinance on my ...

After posting my initial BP post a couple of weeks ago about picking an investment market, I received some great advice from a bunch of folks of how to find an OOS market. Using the tips and advice received I have bee...

Mortgage Update: Outlook is not good.
The economy continues to shudder to a halt. As I write, lower manhattan looks like a ghost town. My local coffee shop typically turns about $1,000/day. Yesterday, Carlos had take...

Hello bp,

I recently graduated undergrad and am currently in law school. I am a pawn to the system and have seen what I pay and my friends pay in college towns. Especially ones that are built around small towns. Big ...

I'm going to be constructing a single family but the loan amount needed will be far lower than a construction loan will allow, $70k of financing will be required and lender I spoke with said no lender would loan...

or is it too small?

BP,I know that many members have used private money and I want to fund a deal that I have in the works.  I only need like 30% of the value of my project.  From anyone's experience will a private lender risk lending su...

Can anyone point me in the right direction to find a long term equity partner?  I'm looking for somebody who would like to either loan me 100% for a 30yr term at 1% interest plus receive a 10% equity or fund 100% of d...