Heres the deal amd I hope I dont confuse anyone. client hires an attorney to buy bank thier loan from the lender. house is worth 160k, loan is at 140; with 8.75% rate. lender is willing to take 75k. now lawyer co...

I recently have had the chance to buy a dream property of mine as an investment opportunity. This is a house I lived in while in college and I have had my eye on it every since. The owner recently reached out to me wa...

My name is Paul Strauss. I'm a fool-time real estate investor- no, that's not a typo :) and founder of The Windy City Round Table in Chicago.

I say "sort of" from Chicago because I actually no longer claim IL as my ...

Looking to get out of the active landlord business and exploring pure DST vs. 721 Exchange.
From my limited reading, a DST-721 Exchange seems to be a better option except it is a one-way door (no exchange back to DST...

Though I’m not new to investing, I am new to formally analyzing deals. And...I don’t know what to look at anymore. When I run analyses, I don’t understand which figure to focus on to see if the investment is a good de...

What's up BP? So I have been a member for a while but really hesitant to take the leap and I am finally there. I will be relocating to the Raleigh Durham NC area this summer and am searching for a multifamily(duplex t...

Good Evening Everyone,I have gotten really interested in the note space over the past couple of months. I was going through some of the notes for sale on a reputable site and realized that some of them were the same n...

Let's talk about debt collection. It's a prevalent topic now more than ever because many states are letting tenants stay in our investment properties for free and taking away the landlord's right to evict.
I've notic...

We have a few rentals in our town (Tacoma, WA). Getting frustrated with the extreme laws and ready to go to a different area. We have a road trip planned to the midwest/south (Kansas City, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cin...

One of most prolific and powerful tools of “creative” finance in real estate is the lease-option, but this tool represents only the proverbial tip of the iceberg when it comes to the most powerful breed of derivatives...