As I am in the process of getting educated and either finding a lender who will lend to me, or a partnership/other sort of creative way to buy, I had a total "how the hell am i going to do this moment" last night that...

Hi BPers!  This is a new one for me and I'd love some feedback.  I just moved and am trying to rent out my previous home which will give me my 2nd rental.  I have been vetting out a joint applicant couple.  I educated...

I've been dealing with a couple of property sales for the past few months and have horror stories to share! I won't get into all of the details, but in essence, in both sales, I've got HIGHLY qualified buyers with gr...

I am about to make a cash offer for a SFH, my realtor insist that I still have to put at least 10% down ( he wants 20%) I said " why do i have to put anything down when we will be closing in 10 days on an all cash dea...

Most real investors should not buy from realtors unless the realtor is an investor themselves and understand the business. Unfortunately, most seasoned realtors don’t even know how to calculate a cap rate. Even less a...

Hi to all investors out there, hope you have any advise or resource to help me out.About 3 weeks ago I paid about $41,000 to a real estate investing company. After I have paid, their attitude and responsibility promis...

Who here is a full time wholesaler? If you could go back to the past and talk to the ‘you’ that was JUST starting out before having closed your first deal, what would you tell yourself knowing everything you know toda...

I found this to be helpful in the beginning, hopefully you will aswell ...
acceleration clauseA clause in your mortgage which allows the lender to demand payment of the outstanding loan balance for various reasons. T...

Illinois is enacting a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2025. Have any experienced landlords had this happen in their state or city and what have been the effect on rents? Drastic increases or gradual incr...

I just took out a HELOC to use as a down payment an investment property.  My monthly payments will be low (interest only for 10 year draw period), so shouldn't really affect my debt to income ratio much.Once I buy the...