J. Martin
Recession Predictor: Leading Index of Economic Indicators
The Leading Index of Economic Indicators has been a pretty good indicator of a decline in economic activity, since it was published. The index uses nonfarm payroll employment, the unemployment rate, average hours work...
Rachel H.
Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act
Great news everyone!
http://www.housingwire.com/news/2013/04/26/lawmakers-fight-save-financing-manufactured-homes
p.s. For those who support this bill, here's a link if you'd like to write your representatives: htt...
Jason V.
Current Market Multi-Family Valuations
A great thread about the future of Cap Rates got me thinking: have valuations of MFRs always been as....sketchy as they are right now? And I hesitate to use that word, because it has been, and always will be, Caveat ...
Christy Gilliam
using a realtor to help with wholesale deals
Hello everyone. New to this site. I have some questions. I want to wholesale deals and assign them to a buyer, using either an Assignment Agreement or an Option to Purchase agreement. I want to use a realtor to find...
Ilona Kovacs
Self Storage Market: Thoughts?
I wanted to find out from self storage facility investors about the current market.How is it currently? Is there money to be made in this sector? Any thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks!
Joe Baker
IRA
Hi, First thank you for taking the time to respond to my post. I have an IRA and it has about $55k in it and i was wanting to use that to invest in real estate. Is their anyway i can withdraw without tax penalties? I ...
Kevin Roach
Can you borrow the down payment from one lender to then use to secure a mortgage with a second lender? And is that a good idea?
Looking to get into my first multi-family property (first of any type of property actually) and I don't have enough for a down payment. Would it be possible to borrow the 20-25% needed for the down from bank A and th...
Ross Schneider
Single Family REIT's.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/single-family-homes-are-hot-investments-2012-11-01?pagenumber=1
Jamie Hogan
Charged Off - What does it mean?
I have a friend that had someone else managing their money. Several mortgage payments were missed. I guess the bank had someone drive by the house and saw that it’s in terrible shape. They determined that it would ...
Jim Etheridge
Need Some Guidance on Self Directed IRA with financing
I am looking into the possibility of a self directed IRA for real estate with owner financing. I am trying to decide and gather more information to see if it makes financial sense. I have read about self directed ...