Hello everyone,I was wondering if you guys have any info/experience about living with tenants and how to screen them among other things.I heard about initially having a short lease to kind of feel out tenants (specifi...

1) Standard deduction and personal exemption combined and seems like everyone is getting more... so its a wash IMHO.2) Less deductions for those who don't have a business like real estate investments. Sigh... it just ...

I have a question about getting an FHA approved loan. I want to purchase a property through an FHA/203k loan and use the 203k loan to rehab the property. I know that before you can rent it out you have to live in th...

How do you properly use a hard money loan to purchase a rental property and then repay the lender what was borrowed plus the interest (or points)? Do you borrow the full amount of the purchase price from the HML or is...

I am a new investor and I have three prospective tenants (all will be living together). They have No previous rental history, but as a combined whole they make a little over 2.5 x’s the rent. Any advice and/or tips o...

I have several scheduled viewings for a vacancy. 2 potential tenants, a couple that will be living together has submitted application without yet seeing the available unit. One of the potential tenants meets all quali...

i have three contracts i want sell hav an opportunity to buy some repos from a local credit union thought i would use the proceeds to do so,,,,the amount of the paper combined is 44000.00 one contract is from dec 200...

I suppose this is a rather newbie set of questions, but here goes... When buying a house from a private seller, everyone talks about "putting it under contract" and I understand the general concept. However, I have a ...

Several threads recently have discussed the ethical standard of suitability in real estate. In other words, are the buyers or sellers sophisticated enough to understand the risks of a financial arrangement if it is d...

I just got an application that looks great. Solid income, over 800 credit, no criminal background (has law enforcement employment history). Applicant said that they do not have any pets, but they do have a co-worker t...