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Hi Everyone. Met an elderly person whose house is underwater although he pays his mortgage on time. He'd like to sell and get "moving money" to relocate from NJ to GA where his daughter lives.
The only solution I can...
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Short version: Is it cheaper to have 100 year old two story house with 4 layers of paint stripped and repainted or to have the siding ripped off and replaced? Longer one: Have a 1920 duplex, 2 story, 2900 sq ft in S...
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A 2nd Mortgage, for which I hold the Deed of Trust, was stripped during Ch. 13 bankruptcy in 2013. The value of the home was approximately the balance of the 1st mortgage at the time, so the court had no problem strip...
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Who here does raw (vacant) land investing? What success have you seen from it? How long have you been doing it for? How did you get into it? What resources did you use to learn about this strategy?
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It’s no secret the inflation has been running rampant the past 2 plus years causing a significant price increase on just about everything. While we can grumble and complain about how our money system is mismanaged and...
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I am rehabbing a house and want to turn the one car open carport into a 3rd bedroom. I spoke with quite a few contractors and friends in the business and was told that if I get a permit and use a contractor it will co...
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I'm looking to schedule a viewing of a house that appears to be a pretty good deal. Asking 57,600 on it, 1700 sq ft, in an area that has similar houses going for 240k and up. Since I'm new to this industry, and being...
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I personally live in a nice middle class neighborhood. This is all new to me so forgive me if I sound naive.
I see a lot of really cheap properties in neighborhoods that are not the greatest. Does anyone work these...
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Hi everyone! On a previous post I was asking about house hacking, but my initial idea consisted on buying apartments in Miami. Here's my two questions:- I've heard people say that Investing in Apartments its a headach...
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Ok, so I’ve followed most of the advice listed on this site and completed as much research as possible on investing in a Fannie May multifamily (REO) property. The numbers were good so I decided to go for it and cont...