Dear All, I know this must be a newbie question: how to qualify for a loan on a second or even 3rd property when your income is not great. A little back story here: My husband and I bought our first home, a $130,000 o...

  The way I see it, there are basically two ways to use an IRA to finance investments:1) Have the IRA "buy" the property and ALL income and expenses are paid to/from the IRA. If financing is used in the purchase of t...

I am reading a book by a well-known author right now and he has some disparaging remarks for yield measurements for real estate investing. I tend to agree with him given that most real estate activities carry a huge ...

Hello!    I have a SFR just off Mopac in North Austin. It is rented out and managed by a property management company since I live out-of-state. Purchased in 2014, the property has appreciated by 25%, so the property t...

Hello,I have a property under contract and decided to raise private money to fund this deal. I found an interested investor and we agreed on terms. Loan will be secured by deed, no points, monthly payments deffered un...

Hello all. WOW 2 post in one night. Anyway...

I have recently been very interested again in pushing my real estate ventures to the next level. I have in my opinion done well with my current rentals, but now feel ...

Hey BP friends,
I was wondering if anyone has experience with MTR out of state? Particularly in the Cleveland/Columbus area. I would love to hear your thoughts on such a strategy, what to look out for?  as an out-of-...

When doing any remodeling work on a property we’ve taken back, we’ve always pulled our own building permits and then had our designated contractor do the work. However, I recently read something about this and it said...