To all hard money lenders out there. When you lend do you create a mortgage for the loaned or do you do a promissory note with collateral as real estate?

Jason

Grandfather owns trust, is trustee and beneficiary of trust. Grandfather loan son and daughter-in-law cash June 1994. Security for cash loan was Deed to land. July 1996, son passes. Daughter-in-law had right of surviv...

I will be giving owner financing, writing up a mortgage, for a young family on a house I own. They both have decent jobs, but their credit is down from former divorce and other things.The house is $25K, they are putti...

There is a house that was sold at a tax sale and I gave the couple a small loan so they could pay the taxes on the house and redeem it back, she claims that she did this but the man who bought it at a tax sale filed a...

Hello,

So I was going to get a loan from a close family member for around $125K to purchase a condo or home for myself.

I was wondering what is the legit way to do this?

It does not necessar...

I am looking at picking up a property using hard money. End result would be to sell said property or refinance and keep as a buy and hold after all repairs are done. My question is about the BPO and/or Appraisal.
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what does Tax deed...Sale by quit claim deed mean. I see this on a lot of properties on realtor.comcan someone explain in a Easy to understand way?

I am from Colorado and assume I need a real estate attorney in Tucson. Does anyone have a good attorney I should use? 
Thanks - Tom

In order to get started, I've decided to move forward as an investor with a contractor that I know.  After doing my due diligence, I will be investing and taking a 1st position note on the property in exchange for a n...

I am looking to see what forms and documents to use when borrowing money from a private investor.  I have a few private investor willing to lend their money on a deal that I am working on.  I will need to secure their...