I am looking at a property that is listed at 84,000, 895sq ft, 3/1, block, built in '85 on the MLS.  The intention is to buy, hold, rent.   There is a tenant with lease until 2/2020 paying $925 /mth.  Home has been pa...

So. Trying to get started. But it seems like life is just tossing one obstacle after another in my way. Yesterday evening I was informed that I no longer have a job. I think the actual reason behind it has to do with ...

Hello everyone! My name is Cliff, I'm a new investor from Southern California looking to get started and do some deals!I've been studying the real estate business, reading these forums and listening to podcasts from B...

Nine days after opening escrow, I received an estimate (actually the Buyer's Estimated Closing Statement) from our title company yesterday. It was emailed to me same morning the fedex package to the Seller went out. I...

I was just reading that HUD may expand the 203K program to investors.

http://themortgagereports.com/10692/fha-203k-eligibility-may-soon-expand-to-real-estate-investors

I purchased an old home to flip via the MLS with an agent. After the inspection report, nothing came back regarding rats or pests. The day I get the house we start knocking down walls and removed the dropped ceiling (...

How do you draw the two dividing lines between these three types of neighborhoods? Is the A-D (and sometimes F) system in common use for grading neighborhoods the best possible system for those interested in investing...

I’m under contract for a condo for STR and I underwrote with a typical mortgage but my lender just came back after my initial approval to tell me that as of Jan this year Fannie and Freddie now consider the developmen...

I wanted to share something that has been going on up here as I believe there are lessons for everyone, and I don’t think this gets coverage at all in the US.
Up here in Canada we have had interest rates increase at ...

So for the last year or so, I have been thinking more about physical health. I’ll be 50 in less than a year. Overall I do not personally know any active, long-term investors that actually smoke. Maybe they are there I...