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The IRS groups us buy and hold investors and sorts and arranges our tax returns on a massive scale. Therefore the name of the game is to not be an outlier for example someone who has total rents of $20K a year but...
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With a mortgage identification number and the name of the bank, how can I research the status of the mortgage on a property?
Will the bank speak directly to me about it? Or is there some public record of the mortgag...
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What is the best way to get investors for your properties that are under contract? Or what is the best way to market your properties in Alabama to Local investors?
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Hi there.
I am an non-us citizen investing in real estate (mainly foreclosures) in Michigan.
As I have no credit score/history I am currently reliant on hard money lenders.
Does anyone know how I can begin to build...
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Hi guys. I am currently trying to send yellow letters to pre-foreclosure in the providence area but I don't have access to the MLS so I can't use it to search public records. When I go on the providence .Gov site it d...
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Hi there, I am looking to buy my first doer-uper property to rent out and am looking at working with an angel investor to help fund this. I am getting a bit confused as to how to pay the angel investor back in one lum...
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Hi all!
I have seen many people post that if you claim your properties on zillow, you can clean up the price history. I cant figure out how to do this. All of mine are claimed and i have edited information about each ...
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I found a subject to deal, the total PITI is around $3000, market rent is around $2800 on the conservative end, $3000 being optimistic.
There are 2 loans on the mortgage (I found these info. Through title co....
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Hey BP! I was wondering if some of you veterans could share what you wish you knew about a contractor, ahead of time, before you brought them on to your team?
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Hello BP'ers,
Long time BP stalker, first time poster. A while back I read a forum thread named something like, "I have $40,000 and don't know where to start" that caught my interest because I am in a similar...