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Peter Harris, for those that don't know, is the co-author of Commercial Real estate for Dummies book. I have read it multiple times and I even watched all his videos on YouTube. One day I finally went to his websit...
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Obviously, there is some sarcasm there. Generally speaking though, there seems to be the consensus that in the next 2-5ish years, there will be some sort of market correction.In that same breath, it seems like there ...
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The NEW lease-option design...As I understand it, one of the requirements of the new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, birthed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, is that ANY lender in an installment sale has to verify...
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Hi! I'm new to BP, super excited that I stumbled across this little nugget!I have a questions for the pros out there. I was recently involved in an auto accident, which was definitely not the most fun thing I've ever ...
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Does anyone track their FICO score? I know we have some competitive folks on the forum so I was wondering how high your score has been historically.
Any takers?
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I started a thread with an article about rent decreases nationwide. The replies seemed to substantiate the concern with properties taking longer to rent, and reductions in rent as well as other bennies needed to rent ...
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Like many millennials, we have student loan debt. We make a middle class income and practice a smart saving, little spending lifestyle with no other debts. Currently living as tenants in someone else’s house-hack, n...
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It seems that most of the time when I'm reading about new investors in Los Angeles, they are doing deals outside of the area. I understand it's very expensive to do deals in LA, but are there any other reasons aside f...
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So, i am wanting to do some real estate investing- but currently I have been renting my own residence for the last 5 years. I am paying way more in rent than it would cost me to make payments on a similar home. In f...