Understanding a Mortgage Appraisal - Part 1

The first thing to understand is appraisals are not all the same or equal. In fact, each appraisal is unique to the needs of the specific client.
Mortgage Appraisals are...

Got my first tenant.  He was in a rush to get away from living with a alcoholic brother.  He is soon gaining peace of mind.:)  broke over a half dozen clauses in my lease currently by moving in.  This is low income ar...

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Just wanted to ask you guys do you use stainless steel appliances in a c-class neighborhood rentals? My contractor is urging me to go with black appliances which was my original choice but I want to attain a...

Zillow Credit Scores are not only wrong, they are totally random!! When you hit print on a Zillow Application Credit Score, you get a different result every single time. WTH!!  Can someone explain this?I tested this s...

So I am looking for some hard money/private money for brrrr investing and I have so many people asking me if I need a loan, but then I have other people telling me to watch out for scammers. I am new to this lending t...

Have had guest in property now for over 7 days. From VRBO fact that they have not paid for the guest stay to the host is no big deal. It is something they took non chalantly and stated, maybe your get paid this week b...

I don't have much experience to determine if this tenant is good. So, post here to see what do you think. I got this email from my PM, and i think her credit score is too low but she has co-signer.  Other then that al...

Hi BP! Do any of you know of any conventional banks who will lend with no mortgage insurance without 20% down on a primary residence? I read about a program with Bank of America.  http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/22/real_...

Hey All -I'm trying to analyze my first "off-MLS" deal and would love your thoughts.  What am I not taking into account and what assumptions would you change?  I'm expecting to do a traditional 20% down mortgage (and ...

When getting your appraisals done do you think they usually give a fair value, What is your experience ?