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Does A private individual doing private mortgages for profit on OO primary residents at 16 percent interest throughout the United States need to be licensed? As a private Lender do you have to provide a GFE, Tr...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Dearborn Heights.
Purchase price: $50,000
Cash invested: $5,000
Sale price: $92,000
2 bed, 1 bath, 740 sqft bungalow with 2 c...
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Hello BP community,What are your thoughts on the real estate market going completely virtual in the next 5-10 years? Zillow purchasing Trulia for close to $3B shows the rest of the world they have something up their s...
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As many of you are well aware, I am no fan of RTO or LTO as I believe there are serious legal issues at both state and federal levels involving the concept of both of these being a form of a disguised credit transacti...
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Does the type of sale, whether, short sale, foreclosure, owner owned, depict if the price of the property can be negotiated? For example, can you get a better deal depending if the property was a short sale? Or it rea...
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Hello All,I'm working with a broker to obtain a mortgage for a new rental property. The process has been extremely time consuming and required tons of paperwork. What brings me here is the appraisal. I got a message t...
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Has anyone have experience in buying a MHP with a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) issue? I am a total newbie, but a lawyer, not doing real property law though. But I don't mind and would be interested in tackling some le...
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Hello everyone! I am intending to purchase a house hack in Houston next year and I am unsure of when to start speaking to lenders and agents. My current apartment lease runs out at the end of June, so I would like to ...
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Hello all, my basic question is whether or not this is something i should pursue. It would require finding the right JV sponsor with a lot of experience as this is not my area of expertise, I can access adequate fund...
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Hello All!I am making this post as an encouragement to all investors out there. If you are interested in real estate investing I highly recommend that you should get your license. I have been seeing several posts both...