Just thought I'll throw this out, as I don't think everyone knows: A mortgage is coded as installment and is seen differently on your credit reports from a credit line, which often is coded like a credit card. Subsequ...

How do you going about purchasing investment property if your credit is bad.

Looking to buy then rent out my first piece of real state.

Wow, the unemployment rate (from the BLS monthly survey) was forecast to jump from 14.7% in mid-April to 19.5% in mid-May and, instead, it dropped to 13.3% with a net 2.5 million jobs added.  Massive turn of events.  ...

If I take out a loan to fund an investment in a notes fund, is the interest paid on the loan "investment interest" that goes on Schedule A or "passive interest" that goes on Schedule E?I found the following in "The CP...

Screening people for house rental, person tells me she will send proof of pay and  credit report from her bank. I was planning on asking for $25 to run my own. is this an acceptable alternative? is it the same thing? ...

I have a tenant who has paid late the past 3 out of 4 months.  I told him that this will damage his credit.  How do I file this into his credit report?  

Any one know of a great system for finding and buying probate homes?

I am longing for a one stop solution but until then I am hoping to find out what others are utilizing and please keep in mind we generate a lot of volume.  Currently we utilize Agent 24/7 for our property profile repo...

Hi BP Community -In addition to my real estate investments, I am the founder of a company that works with property managers to report people's rental data into the credit bureaus for credit building. We work across pu...

How do you keep your rental property expenses separated by property? I am trying to come up with a good system that doesn't require a ton of work on my part.Do you have a separate credit card for each property? Do you...