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My wife and I are approved for a VA loan to owner occupy a property up to $500k but I am losing out to all cash offers. Work history is over 3 years on my job, 10 on hers for the same doctor, my credit score is a 720 ...
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I have ~500k liquid to invest but still confused where to start. Everything I've been reading has been about eventually raising capital but how do you start when you already have the capital? I'm looking for max cash ...
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Are there ALTERNATIVES to TURNKEY INVESTING? You know... somewhere an out-of-state investor (or local investor) could find a "team" of people already in place to find/buy deals.... and then they have a trusted PM to r...
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I just got back from the two day seminar in Houston, been wanting to go for years and after losing 17K on my last flip I decided it was time to pay the $750.00 and go. If you know nothing about real estate I'd say it'...
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I was listening to some old podcasts from "The Real Estate Guys" today. They had a special guest speaking about using life insurance as a better bank account for REI's.
Has anyone used Whole Life Insurance as a bank...
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