Here is my list of the most dangerous real estate related investments for the “non professional” investor lacking direct knowledge  and experience in these investments 1. Tax liens2. Mortgage notes3. Syndicated real e...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are searching for methods to open homeownership to low income borrowers. (This is not for investors) There is a trend to use attorney opinion letters rather than title insurance. The title i...

Class A / Class BThe practice of splitting the LP investor equity group into Class A and Class B (sometimes: "Series A" and "Series B") tranches is already extremely common and seems to becoming almost ubiquitous. Ins...

Hello,When investing with an experienced multifamily sydicator, what are the realistic returns for a 5 year investment of 100k? One operation I contacted is projecting a return of 200k (100% return in 5 years) which ...

Many people on BiggerPockets (at least on the podcasts) have credited their start to investing in real estate to reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Rich Dad Poor Dad; myself included. However, there are also some investor...

when you go after the banks......

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Dear Fellow BPers,
Here is the gist of a recent sheriff sale acquisition that I would need some help with and it might be educational to some of you.
I acquired the property at a PA Sheriff sale through a mortgage f...

I am not sure there is really a good thread here in BP which address this question.  I know there are many blogs but those do not provide expanded conversations around the idea, IMO.  If you are a seasoned, new or pot...