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I have been trying to get funding for a deal. S&M Finance Corp, Michael Galdyzs, is constantly calling and texting asking for a ln upfront fee for said underwriting and origination fees. Once I told him that I was...
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Hello BP,I am in the process of analyzing a deal and need some guidance. The property is in St. Petersburg, FL and is a duplex tenant occupied month to month. Everything in the home has been renovated a year ago and a...
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Is any body having issues with less than scrupulous lenders or getting approached by scam artists posing as landers? I see it often - so much so that we decided to put in place, a five part process as part of our due ...
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Just curious if anyone has installed solar on their new builds or other construction? What are your thoughts? I've been thinking of putting it on the house we own in Redding. It's a 4300 sq. ft. house on 20 acres. It'...
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Medium sized developer building approximately 50 homes per year. Funding is almost entirely cash and we’re looking to add a greater percentage of financing.
Problem is that traditional mortgage lending is too inef...
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The University of Houston is located close to Houston's top attractions, including the largest medical center in the world and downtown Houston. Here are the university's expansion plans through 2027 (the red highligh...
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Hey All -
We just launched a brand new version of our Hard Money Lender directory - http://www.biggerpockets.com/hardmoneylenders - which currently has well over 100 lenders listed in it, and we're still entering new...
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Hey BP!I'm Eric from central Jersey and I'm brand new to Bigger Pockets. I have always thought of passive real estate income as something I wanted to get into but always thought of it as a hobby I could start at anyti...
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Does anyone have any thoughts on the STR market in Angel Fire, NM (or Taos or Red River in that area)? I'm in Central Texas and am looking for a STR destination that could be used for a few days (or a week) once or tw...
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Hi, We've been looking for some hard money lenders and we have been approved by Britz AG Finance Co, Inc. I'm trying to find out if this is legit, the terms seem too good to be true. Has anyone ever used them before? ...