Chris Robertson
Buying a Fannie Mae owned property using hard money?
I am a new investor and I am trying to get an offer accepted on a Fannie Mae Homepath property in Baltimore. I have had no previous experience with the agent who showed me the property and I get the feeling that she ...
Jahan Habib
Lower Down Payment Investor Mortgages
I am in the process of closing the first deal using conventional financing. In the meantime, I have been looking at other properties for deal #2. I have identified a few good possibilities, however cash will be tight ...
Matt Allen
Who can I trust?
I read a post here awhile back, of all the most inspiring books that people here have read. I have read a few of them, only to find out that the authors are not really who they say they are, and some of them a actual...
Debra Thomson
Farming a neighborhood (homes not cows)
New agent - tell me about farming. I get the concept - but have ???s. How do you know it’s not already farmed by another realtor? Do you need to live in the area? What if it’s gated and your not a resident? What...
Brian Cheng
Should i evict a tenant to live in myself, or continue renting
So i came across this duplex and it costs roughly 270k to purchase. both unit occupied with tenants already. Tenant A current rent 1300, tenant B current 1250. Both in the house 5+ years, and never late payment accord...
Andrew Savage
BRRRR: refinance HML to conventional
Hey everybody. I've dug through the forums and seen only a few light discussions on this issue, which confuses me a bit.
I've read a lot about BRRRR, and everybody talks about buying/rehabbing with hard money and ref...
Daniel Gibbons
Should I hoard capital in preparation for the market correction?
I think we are all reading the tea leaves and understanding the market correction is just around the corner. My primary home has a ton of equity and I'm playing around with the idea of cashing out in preparation for t...
Maria Zielinski
Buying partner's share of apartment building & limit income tax
I own a multi-unit apartment building with my parents and they are looking to sell their share. I purchased their partner's share about 15 years ago. They have owned it almost 30 years and their accountant is recommen...
Aman A.
LLC in which state and tax return complications
Hello everyone,I live in Washington state and have a few rental properties in Alabama. I want to open a LLC for any future buy and hold deals and keep the properties in an LLC. The LLC will be owned by myself and my w...
Rich Weese
Warning----chinese drywall!!!
If I'm in the wrong forum, please tell me where. This is a problem which is going to turn into an epidemic, imo. If you haven't heard about it, you will. I've spent the last week in FL making offers on homes. I've act...