From the definitions of who/what qualifies a purchaser/purchase for the highly touted $8000 tax credit, it appears that a change in title (to the buyer's name) is what constitutes the "qualifying event". Of course th...

I have a friend who is willing to be the guarantee on a HML for me so I can get better leverage/terms. His only contribution to the project will be his credit score but obviously he’ll be on the loan. I’ll be bringing...

Hey Guys,While many of you may know that, if theres a seller's agent and they find a buyer for a property and the deal closes, ultimately the commission will come out of the sales price and the seller receives less mo...

Hello! My wife and I are interested in buying a 4 bed/2.5 bath home in Alexandria, VA. The property is an estate that the owner is looking to sell as soon as possible. They have not put the house officially on the mar...

Hello, just getting started. I know I can be successful in real estate but I'm having trouble finding the area of interest. 

It constantly amazes me how little I know about real estate investing.  Every year I hear about investors doing creative things to avoid taxes that never would have occurred to me. Eddie Speed traveled to Austin to pr...

I have experience with Apartment and am looking to buy a MH park. I have two questions that I need to get a good feel for:

1. My expectation from MH park is that trailers cost ~8K and above, thus owners of trailers h...

So I’m in a bit of a bind, I have a duplex I’m house hacking we remodeled entire thing, new hvac, electric panels, electric main, updated plumbing, water heaters, furnace, install central air, roof. Two complete inter...

Hi. This is my first discussion posting, so bear with me if I'm doing it wrong. I have a large commercial space in New Orleans I'm ready to lease out. It's 1,700 square feet in the heart of the Treme on a good corner ...

Recently on a BP podcast @Brandon Turner mentioned that he was able to take his apartment unit, 1031 exchange into the mobile home park that he did with a couple parnters.  He mentioned that because you are not able t...