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I don’t know if I’m stating this correctly but I was at a REIA meeting and I heard someone say that they put a Down payment of 10% on a house and he acquired some sort of hold on the house for so long, & once he s...
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Looking into hardmoney lenders, so typically I’m getting 12% with 3 points because I’m a new investor.
Can you get a HML with a balloon payment or is that just a personal lender? Just trying to figure out how much hou...
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Hello,I am looking for a creative way to get down payments for investment properties (consistently), and wanted to discuss options with my employer.My initial thought is ask to offset a portion of my wage as interest ...
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Good afternoon BP,So i am looking to purchase my first investment property at the end of the year. I had a question in regards to estimating the mortgage for the investment property.When calculating on how much cash f...
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Ok, I've been told multiple times that it is possible to find a loan for a duplex as an investor for 20% down. Some of these programs would be a portfolio loan etc.Then I was told Fannie Mae requires that for duplexes...
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I was just chatting today with my friend also a multi family investor in nj, and he had told me that he has a tenant that called him last weekend about a minor issue, I think like the wall was old (probably plaster) s...
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My girlfriend and I are planning on buying our first investment property - we're looking at four-plexes in Phoenix. Our real estate agent told us that, in her experience, hard money lenders in the PHX-Metro area typic...
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At my local REI meeting last night, a fellow landlord informed me all their tenants pay cash, and its illegal to not accept cash as a form of payment. Is this true? If stated in the lease, how you want to be paid, can...
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Has anyone ever worked with an agent on mls deal by taking over payments or sub 2 deal?
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How do I put down 3% instead of 15 to 20% for an investment property without it being my primary residence?