I have been making hard money loans for 12 years. All loans are interest only payments, one year, renewable for an additional year with additional fees and points. All secured by commercial property.

I am contempla...

Hello! My name is Sean and have been a member for a couple months and just go around to adding  a picture so I thought now would be a good time for my first post.My wife and I live in Hagerstown, MD and we have 3 boys...

Okay so my commercial real estate brokerage business is great. While I want to make investments what I do not have a lot of is time to devote for a return because that is a JOB.

I do not like hard money loans for len...

Hello everyone!  I am a new investor in the process of building my real estate savings, and I'd love to hear where everyone is keeping their own money while waiting to invest it into real estate.  I want something wit...

Below is a chart of the interest rate on the 10 year going back to 1880.  As we all know the 10 year is a reasonable benchmark for mortgage rates.  In other words, or what matters to investors, the 10 year determines ...

I'm in a bit of a unique situation here, but maybe not so unique as I'd imagine many investors are in something similar right now with recent appreciation, inflation, etc. Situation: I currently own one rental propert...

Well, I guess we (collectively) are going to see how smart Robert Kiyosaki is, at least when it comes to predictions. On a news program he makes the bold prediction that real estate & the stock market are going to...

I know this is an old thread, but the SEC just lifted its advertising ban today, and soon you will be able to advertise for private money a little easier. There are still several restrictions, but they aren't as seve...

With the CARES Act and the ability to withdraw 100% of my 401k without penalty I am very close to pulling it out as a loan to myself. This way I essentially have 3 years to pay it back and when done it still grows. Wh...

Bigger pockets has been an excellent source of knowledge, networking and collaboration for me over the past year. I've read and learned quite a lot while scrolling through this site, and figured I'd create an open for...