It seems to be an interesting proposition as you can leverage your net worth to gain equity into a deal, but of course there is downside risk if the deal goes belly up, requires additional capital, or if the loan turn...

A fellow contributor here, John Carbone, sent me a link yesterday to a lot for sale in the Smokies.  The price certainly seemed reasonable.  It so happened that I know the owner of the lot.  He is one of our homeowner...

Can a seller withdraw a counter offer?Jan. 2, 2017 —A seller has received an offer for her home and after consideration makes a verbal counter offer through her Realtor. The potential buyers verbally accept, but the s...

When purchasing a property using this type of loan is there a strategy you can employ to get some of the down payment back before title closing?

Does it work? What do you think about doing that?

I hired this contractor for the second time in 2 years. Illinois has had some significant hail/wind storms and our house fell victim. We needed a roof replaced as well as one side of the house (vinyl siding). State Fa...

Hey Everyone,I have heard it said on the podcasts before that the reason you are required to live in a house hack for at least a year is because that is how long it would take you to qualify for another mortgage to go...

How can I file my taxes without taking a huge income loss from being self employed. I am applying for a home loan but now my income is reduced significantly from the way I filed. Is there a way to get around that to ...

A seller in Illinios listed his home for $1.5 million and thought that the Zestimate of $1.3 million for his house was too low and scared away potential buyers. He asked Zillow to increase its Zestimate or remove it f...

Can anyone recommend a title company in the DC metro area that handles Subject To or Seller Financing transactions? I recently came across Pace Morby's video on the "subject to" real estate deals, and I am interested ...