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Hey BP Community!I'm a Loan Officer and Real Estate Investor in Colorado, California, and Hawaii. Being a Loan Officer since 2002 I know that only 18% of Home Buyers can get a conventional purchase loan. I also work w...
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I am eagerly looking for my first 4plex in Southern California area. I would like to use an FHA 3.5% down loan to get the property and live in it for a small time period. Anyone have any prospects ???
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There are a bunch of legal issues involved in any transfer of real property. I think one of the biggest misconceptions that people have relates to the process of "title search" and "when to do a title search". I alway...
Hello everyone, we recently bought our neighbor's house, tore it down and built a new home. Now I'm interested in renting the old one out. I would have about $600 cash flow per month. We have a lot of equity in the...
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We rent out the rooms individually in a single family house. We recently installed a ring security camera on the front door. We told the tenant's we'd add the $3/month plan to their utilities to have 24/7 access to th...
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All,Looked at the neighborhood where a duplex is being offered. In one of the original communities on Orlando, FL. currently rented. however in doing a drive by I noticed that many homes in the area are abandoned. ...
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My tenant caused a fire in a four unit apartment. The fire has made his unit uninhabitable, and will take me a month or so to fix. He was only on a month to month lease and is not trying to move back in when it is fix...
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I was given a commercial property to manage by my family. The tenants have been in the property for 10 plus years with no rental increase or lease agreement. I have given them notice of rental increase and that there ...
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My partner and I are new real estate investing and this site has been invaluable to tackling our 'vertical line' learning curve, so thanks to all of you! I'm looking for help on 2 things: figuring out the best verbia...
Hello my question is will a Civil Service retirement loan be counted in my income to debt retio...it will not be on my credit report and when I retire I will no longer be required to make the monthly payments because ...