I'm looking for best practices to employ while shopping for mortgage loans for investment properties (small multi-family and SFR).  My standard approach is to pursue 3-4 lenders when applying for a mortgage.  I typica...

Wow, wow, wow, wow

I went over to Zillow and posted a little advice in there consumer question/ advice area, and BAM.....I was brutally attacked from all sides!!!

Those folks are gloom & doom to the nth power!!!...

Hello everyone,I'm looking for a little advice in dealing with a contractor. I hired a guy to do some concrete work on a wall that I have at one of my rental properties and he initially gave me a start date of 30 days...

If my debt to income ratio is too high, what can I do in order to qualify for a loan to purchase a rental property? I was thinking along the lines of working with a private lender or getting a partner.

Hello,I was wondering some other techniques to increase my lead count in the probate/ estate. I go to the courthouse already but I do not generate the amount of leads necessary to make my funnel large enough. Anyone h...

Hi there,I am new here and a newbie investor. I have one primary and one investment property. My investment property is for short-term rentals; not my first rodeo at hosting, but my first time losing money. I am curre...

Hi All,Purchased a Duplex 2/2 for 160k a year ago; had to separate all utilities and upgrade oil to gas. Put in about 30k all said and done. Owner occupied.Rent is pulling in 1250 a month. Mortgage 1140. Nice deal. So...

I have been finding out that the people that get "interested" in investing their money in real estate seem to cool down by the time I put a deal together. I am currently going through the process of getting loan throu...

There is a lot of commentary surrounding the topic of whether to rent or buy (Regarding personal residences). A roof over your head is an expenditure. The rent-or-own paradox is about losing the least amount of money ...

Economic Update(Happy Martin Luther King Day)

Predictions for 2021? As 2020 has shown us, the world can throw so many curveballs at you that predictions can be about as useful as new year’s resolutions. In that s...