The NEW lease-option design...As I understand it, one of the requirements of the new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, birthed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, is that ANY lender in an installment sale has to verify...

Hi there,I’ve been reading various posts on this site and like the honest opinions that exist here. Too many real estate sites are fluff with no numbers or sense to back up opinions. I’m looking for some strategic adv...

Ok, a really stupid question here to hopefully avoid a really stupid action.  For the last several months I've been researching potential note purchases from the third party websites.  I've familiarized myself with th...

I'm curious as to how others got started in the paper business. In my case I began buying notes with money that had been saved and previously invested elsewhere. What was your source of start up capital? Did you use s...

Hello Everyone,I'm set to close on duplex this Friday. We had problems with the seller producing a lease for the existing tenant.  After several weeks,  the sellers agent sent a lease but much of it was left blank inc...

Got a 4plex...the tenants are only allowed to park their cars there. If I issued parking stickers to the tenants (who are on the lease) who have cars registered under their name...when can I get the cars that do no...

TL;DR: Currently about to close on a small duplex in Lawndale, California. My offer required that it be delivered vacant since the current owner is in the process of evicting a squatter. However, the squatter is pla...

I have an inherited tenant who refuses to sign a lease starts altercations with his neighbors and when we try to raise his rent flat looked at us and said no I'm not going to pay that. He says there's some maintenance...

I want to save ~80K capital gains but not knowledgeable about investing thus seeking help/advice. PlanA: I am thinking of buying a home where I rent and move into it after 2 years. The only problem is where I live hom...

Problem building. In my real estate career I've been pretty lucky so far. I haven't had any "bad" tenants. I've had a few that occasionally paid the rent late a few days or had to do more repair work than "normal wear...