Hi all, Here's a highly simplified hypothetical situation. Let's say I buy a 1st NPN for 20k with an UPB of 100k and it's the only lien on the house. What's stopping me from forgiving the debt and paying the owner say...

The acronym FINRA stands for Financial Industry Regulation Authority. On its website it describes its mission and utility."FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient...

Hi BP!I'm looking to buy a primary residence (sorry Grant!) in the Olympia, WA area, but also am looking at buy-and-hold deals and flips in and around the South-Sound area. I want to start establishing long-term relat...

Hi BP - In two weeks I am doing my first purchase and repair in a very nice neighborhood in Blue Springs, MO (an "A" neighborhood in Kansas City).

It is a 5-plex with 4 studios and 1 one-bedroom.

I have only ever d...

So I bought a two family 5 bed apartment located in a student rental area (paid $128,00 currently rented for $1800 a month). The apartment was already rented until the school year (May 2013). The current tenants have...

Home depot is expensive... so where do you go to get your rehab things? Habitat for Humanity Re-store? are there warehouses ... direct window suppliers, direct flooring/doors/fixtures without home depot or someone l...

Hi all, Long time reader on these forums but this is my first post.  I am an out of state investor looking at properties in the Indy area for cash flow. I am open to both multifamily and SFH.  I have an agent that I h...

I am looking at a 4 unit small MFH in San Francisco, it is relatively speaking "priced well"... The prob with the property is that the ground floor is a commercial space that is currently vacant and I can see why it i...

I'm new to BP Pro in last month, though a largely inactive member over three years. I've really wanted to do REI since about 2003. As a substitute I got licensed and have been an agent since 2003, listing for 5 years,...

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