Great article about new restrictions when selling a property and providing financing to the end buyer. These restrictions go into effect under Dodd-Frank on January 10. These are federal restrictions, not limite...

I have a tenant who lives in a walk-out basement unit in central IL.  She rarely runs her heat and hasn't used the A/C once in the two years she's lived there since being sunken into the earth keeps the unit fairly co...

I decided to try something new this week to market a wholesale property; handwritten “bandit” signs. In the past we have used “We Buy Houses” bandit signs for finding deals. I really am not a big fan of this ...

Hello,I had a retail buyer put in a cash offer on my flip for sale.  Went through inspections with no issues.  Day of closing, I showed up and signed all my papers, buyer's were scheduled for 1.5 hours later but never...

BP member Scott Hubbard posted the Freddie Mac link below in another thread but after reading it, I thought it was important enough to highlight it on its own. To me, it was pretty eye-opening as to what Freddie (and...

I know this is like asking "are peas good" and will get a lot of "it depends" answers, but here's the basic question:If your death (and subsequent lack of cash flow) will significantly affect your family and loved one...

I'm new to Real Estate investing.  I'm based out of bay area, California and the real estate here is really pricey.  I'm looking at investing in small multi-family properties.  It's pretty hard to find a cash flow gen...

Hello all,Wife and I are high earners with busy jobs and limited spare time (total salary >$1.2M/yr).  We don't live lavishly, pay a ton in taxes, and are making traditional investments.  Our savings are starting t...

How do you close on a sandwich lease option without screwing up your option with the buyer. To make that question more clear, how do you close on a deal like this without the buyer finding out that he/she will be sub ...