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So here I am a single mom in her 40s that went though a divorce lost big in 2010 lost my home and 300 K input down on it. Now 6 years later moved out of Silicon Valley in 2015 to northern Calif bought a home 4/3 for 2...
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I was wondering if anyone has ever done a manual underwriting loan simply because they had no credit?
A little background about me: For the longest time I never believed in credit. I have never had a credit card. I ha...
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Well guys and gals after 3 weeks of reading and trying to figure out what comes first, the chicken or the egg.
So i get a house first or should I get an investment property.
Currently live in an apartme...
My spouse has about $30,000 in a 403(b) from a school system that is no longer an employer. He is almost 50 years old. We would like to use the money for investing in property. My question is whether it would be bette...
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I am still new to all of this but I want to know. As a landlord when you have a rental property and a tenant moves out and the property is vacant, are you required as the landlord required to pay the mortgage, or is t...
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I have a sub-to deal I'm closing at the end of this week (hopefully! not counting my chicks until they hatch). Seller was about to foreclose, I offered to come in and buy the home, take over mortgage subject-to, no ca...
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I am looking for some direction on securing financing for renovation on a mixed used property that I already own without using my own money.Some background:
~ We currently owe about $100k - purchased 2.5 years ago @...
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I bought two properties last year and just finished renovating one of them. I have plans to renovate the second in April. Property 1 I just finished and is worth about 325K while property 2 I'm renovating in April wil...
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2 questions:1. Does your 1031 exchange have to cover the whole down payment of a property? For example if my profit from a sale is 50k but I need 100k for a down payment for the next property can I bring in the remain...
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Hello,
I am new to real estate investment and recently found out about offsetting W2 income using Short Term Rentals. If I buy a residential property, start living in it (let's say occupy one room) and rent the rest ...