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I'm looking for some info on what's considered typical vs what fees would be indicative of a bad lender - not the dollar amounts, just the categories, though if there are standard $$ ranges to be aware of, please say ...
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I probably should have joined this forum a year ago, before I started looking to invest in an income property.
I bought a month ago and I'm now close to having the property ready to rent.
I'd like to submit the par...
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Zillow and Trulia look like they will likely be merging as shown in this article on CNN:http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/25/real_estate/zillow-trulia/. My question to all the agents and brokers here is, do you think event...
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Hello BP friends, I am a new investor in need of some advice. On my very first flip I found a Licensed and Bonded General contractor to rehab a house I had purchased. This guy came in and sold me from the beginning to...
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So I finally have my self-directed IRA set up and all funds invested in my LLC. Ready to start investing. My problem is, I've never invested in real estate, but it's what I definitely want to do with my self-directed ...
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I am trying to rent out my first buy and hold. I have someone that is interested and they had a realtor to contact me. The Realtors commission is half of the deposit amount and she stated she has detailed information,...
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Is it illegal to offer discounts of say, like a $25.00 discount for people who have good credit, discount for having held the same job with the same employer for over a year, a discount for not having any criminal rec...
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I made a bad investment on a cheap warehouse in Detroit for my landscaping business. I paid for in cash for 20k 4 years ago. It's in a very bad area and it got broken into a couple of times. Not feeling safe I moved ...
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Recently, I have been trying to take out a loan for investing in fix-n-flip and I came across Sprout financial and they are offering me $70,000 with no collateral and no interest with fees of $6500. Has anyone used th...
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hey everyone, to start off my I'm 33 and my name is shawn. i purchased my first home back in 2018 with the intention of living in/fixing it up over the next couple of years while i saved to make more investments. i h...