Hi, team. My name is Luke Diamond, and I'm a new real estate investor in Minneapolis, MN. I am attempting to gain pre-approval for a loan on my first multi-family property (first property at all, for that matter).The ...
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I am interesting in increasing my buying power with a HELOC or Line of credit on my property. I use multiple cards for re-habs and that works well but it would be easier to have a line of credit to keep everything in...
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I have lived in my 3/2 1600sf house for almost 6 yrs. I refinanced over a year ago and my monthly payments are approx. $450 a month plus about $3500 in yearly taxes and HOA dues (it is in the Houston NW suburbs). ...
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Hey guys, I'm new here and new to real estate investing and would like some advice. Me and my wife are trying to decide whether or not to sell our primary house ( around 100k in equity) and split that money to buy a d...
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Hi I am looking for my first tenant. Does anyone have any recommendations on a background/credit check service? How do they work and what is the fee? Thank you
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I have about $17,000 in student loans at about 10% interest rate (one is fixed and other is adjustable but at the moment they are around the same %). My mom has enough equity in her home that she could take out a loa...
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Buying 1.58 acre property through land contract and have been paying $800/mo while receiving $700/mo for rental of duplex side. Total purchase price will be $72,000. When should I refinance to have a in order to lower...
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Hi All, I am one of three individuals hoping to purchase our first rental (single family or duplex) in the coming months. We keep getting different answers on which kind of loan we need and how to apply for it. We are...
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Not sure this is the right section but would appreciate your thoughts. For reasons immaterial to this question, another investor agreed to pay be $500 per month every month for 30 years. He will keep his word but, if ...
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Hey everybody, I am not even sure if this is the right question that ask, being a newbie, but I was listening to one of the podcast and they mentioned portfolio lenders. I would not even know how to start a conversati...