When figuring out the 'seller finance' terms with your seller or buyer how does simple and compound interest figure into it? I read that mortgages use simple and I also read they use compound interest. Who's the exper...

Hi guys,

Im a Canadian citizen buying in the US and have been telling my family about the loan I will be getting.

I will be getting a 4plex at ~4.5 for 30 years fixed.

Now, both sides of my family (in Canada) are s...

So we have a property that is finishing up, with outlets/switches, and fixtures.  I came in today and saw some of the outlets with weird gabs (pic below).  I think the drywall cutout was too big, is there anything i c...

Thought this was straightforward but been hearing from others it may not be:Example: $100 invested in Year 0 and $100 returned in Year 1. At that point in time there is $8 pref balance based on 8% pref terms. Does the...

I'm trying to match the finish on some drywall. The existing finish has an overall look like fish scales. I think they used a brush of some sort to make fan like sweeps that overlap each other. If this makes sense ...

Hello, I am a beginner lender, although I have my uncle guiding me who is more experienced. I am looking for a program to calculate my irregular loans. So far, the programs I have found do an inadequate job with month...

I see a lot of sites saying that to calculate the monthly interest rate on a loan you just divide the annual rate by 12. So let's say we have a 100k loan at 5%. The first year your interest payment would be 5k if you ...

It took me years and years for me to get it.  I mean banks are happy to lend on real estate.  Why not just use em?  However, after tons of deals, it finally sunk in.  Unless I plan to keep a property forever, just don...

Recently, a lot of the value-add deals we have been underwriting will produce less cash on cash returns during the beginning years of the project than the deal's preferred return. Whether talking to potential investor...

Too thick mud? Or what?