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I was looking into Specialty Lending Group, out of Greenbelt, MD. They are a hard money lender, investing in projects in Washington DC. Jeff Levin is the principal.I was thinking of investing with them, as they solici...
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I am looking at buying some rental properties in TX this year (Houston). I don’t have any debts and I have enough assets to do some deals on my own. That said, I do have a friend with additional available funds that w...
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Hello All,I just got off the phone with a private money lender for a potential flip. He offered me 90/100. 90 percent acquisition of the property and 100 percent rehab up to 70 percent of the ARV. The property cost 12...
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Short Term Rental Pros…Since November of 2018, we transitioned two of our properties to Airbnb furnished short term rentals. It’s been quite a learning curve, but we’ve been able to reach Superhost status and have gre...
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I have started reaching out to hard money groups to see if they are willing to take on new investors. I wanted to get involved in real estate but wanted to explore every option including joining a group to be the "ban...
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My husband and I are ready to start our journey investing out of area but are having a hard time locating deals that fit the BRRRR criteria to be able to pull all of our money back out. We've located several markets w...
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I am looking for ways to refinance out of a hard money loan, without using Fannie/Freddie conventional financing. I am going to be purchasing a property and using hard money for the acquisition, but I think I'd like t...
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Hi all, Quick question if I purchased a MF property using a hard money lender and decided to refinance to a conventional loan 6months to a year later would I need to have W2 income ? I'm ready to quit my job and inve...
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I am currently an investor in the Philadelphia market. I have several rental properties paid off and was Interested in refinancing them and loaning the money at a higher interest rate. How do I start? What are some th...
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We have a 110 unit complex in a medium sized town in Illinois. The current management had had it a year and done a great job. Now they say they have too much business to keep our complex. The other prominent company i...