I just got a deal under contract. The homeowner died a few months ago. Her son has power of attorney, and wants to sell it for $3000 cash on top of $54000 existing mortgage. Property is worth 70-80k lender is holding ...

Authorities always encourage everyone to change the smoke detector batteries at the beginning of the new year.  I was wondering what others do about this.  Do you just hope the tenant does it or do you provide it as p...

I live in my mom's house. My moms HOA filed a creditors claim against my moms estate and it was denied.  The HOA is trying to foreclose on the amount that was denied by the courts. Are they allowed to do this? It seem...

It appears that some of the brokers have cookie-cutter Solo 401k plan agreements for their customers.  Reading through the agreements the plans allow for Real Estate & loans.  I know mysolo401k.com allows their pl...

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I have a seller of a duplex that wants out. Owner is in default and is behind about 20k. Sheriff's sale is end of October. Technically, the owner gets postive cashflow but has other properties that don't and jus...

We currently have a house under contract with a motivated seller. I added a clause saying we will purchase the house contingent on a marketable title. However, the title was transferred to a family friend to avoid a $...

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We are inheriting partial interest in a commercial property in east Sacramento. I do not have any experience with commercial real estate. I assume we need to establish a basis of value. Should we seek a ...

Here's the situation.  . .I am under contract on a property that was supposed to close next week. Unfortunately, the seller passed away and does not have a will or trust. So it looks like this will be headed to probat...

I am having a big problem. Since Dec I have been trying to refinance my personal home. I have now tried 3 mortgage companies and have gone through the whole process only to find out at closing that I cannot sign the p...

Hi Everyone, 
Like you I am listening to all the bigger pockets podcasts and learning about self directed IRA's and how those can be used for Real Estate Investments.  However, I am having a heck of a time trying to ...