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Hi everyone! I'm excited to share that I'm getting married in April 2025. We plan to have around 80 guests and are looking at wedding venues in Temecula, CA. We're currently in the process of narrowing down venue opti...
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I want to make some improvements to my property but I don’t want to pay expensive contractors. What are some good websites it can visit for reasonably price service
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How do you properly use a hard money loan to purchase a rental property and then repay the lender what was borrowed plus the interest (or points)? Do you borrow the full amount of the purchase price from the HML or is...
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Like I'm sure many of you have, over the years, I have bought my share of "Guru" books and home study courses. I read every one, got motivated, tried to work their "Step by Step" systems, then got discouraged and qui...
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Hi,I am new here and learning but my question is how do people typically come up with a down payment. If you need 20% down for an investment property, that can be a lot of money. Do people typically use equity (HELOC)...
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We all know most markets in the country are suffering from a huge shortage of affordable housing. I would assume there are some people on here who have gone down the path of developing affordable housing projects for ...
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Recently Trump has announced the nomination of Scott Turner to be the new Secretary of the Dept of Housing and Urban Development, HUD. If you are not familiar with Scott, Scott was the Executive Director of the Opport...
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In the forums, I've seen some confusion about how affordable housing is defined. For some it means anything below market rate and for others it means LIHTC or Section 8. From a lending perspective, affordable housing ...
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I have a rehab I started in Concord just outside of Charlotte, NC and the contractor I was using left me in bind. The house is gutted and he has stopped answering my calls. About the only good news is that I did not...