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We are looking for some advice regarding our first fix n flip. I'd like to hear thougths about using a private investor vs a large company to finance a first flip. We are an experienced rehab company and have expande...
Hi BP!I recently purchased my first residential property, no financing. I purchased this as a rental property, and I am aiming to have it rent for $4000-$5000 a month. It should be ready in about a week for photos to ...
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Hi All, I'm very new to BP and just participated in a BP get together this week in Houston. I'm interested in being a hard money lender, but have never done it. As a licensed agent with a very analytical background, I...
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I have just begun to look into possibly loaning money on a flip, and I am a little surprised to learn that the going rate seems to be 10-13% and that it is annualized instead of by the flip. In other words, at 10% APR...
Are you struggling with finding deals in today’s market, where the best properties go fast? On today’s show, we interview Neal Collins, an investor in the red hot Portland Oregon who has figured out a way to find deal...
If you scroll through Manny Khoshbin’s Instagram, you’ll see wealth, success, and a lot of very nice automobiles. You may look at his life and say “well, that must be nice”, but there is much more to Manny than Ferrar...
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Hi BP Community,
My private/hard money lender want's to invest with all hard cash. I wanted to know if anyone has dealt with this before. How would the process work? Sending the money to the title company? Can I conv...
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So I have had a few private lenders who just lend me money with a promissory note. That has seemed to worked quite well. But I am in discussion with a new private lender who would probably want a lien against the prop...
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If I want to buy and hold a property and would like to use private money, how are those deals typically structured? Do private investors want an equity stake? Provide a short-term loan? Long-term loan? Something else?
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I am an investor from Canada and I have talked to a couple of private lenders, and some of them really didn't require all that much information to get approved. Are these companies legit, or is it some sort of scam?Th...