Does A private individual doing private mortgages for profit on OO primary residents at 16 percent interest throughout the United States need to be licensed? As a private Lender do you have to provide a GFE, Tr...

For years I have read about real estate investing but never had the funds to get the ball rolling. I finally had some extras cash laying around and needed to put it somewhere so I decided to pull the trigger and buy m...

Hey everyone! Just joined BP after seeing some very insightful threads. Here is a brief background of myself:

Started out (January 2011) part time as an intern for a reputable property management company in Souther...

What a great site this is! I thank my wonderful accountant and CPA for turning me on to BP. I am a beyond full time ;0) Realtor in the San Francisco Bay Area and a very proud native to the Peninsula...born and rais...

A realtor I took a course from in college always impressed upon us to use an inspector you hire and not the one your realtor suggests. That there is too much room for a conflict of interest. Thoughts? Is this a positi...

My tenant texted me to let me know that he is experiencing kitchen sink being clogged.I’m not familiar with the pluming work but I would like to give a try. He lives there 6 months and he told Drano didn’t work.Did yo...

I'm in the initial stages of purchasing a multifamily property. I've been preapproved for a mortgage and I'm looking at properties that I find on Realtlor.com, Redfin, and Trulia. I contacted a Realtor and told him ...

How does one legally give the 15 day notice to cure for a lease violation in CT?  The violation is that the legal tenants brought in a tenant who is not on the lease, without obtaining our permission.  Is there a spec...

I have been investing 401K funds through a self-directed DB plan in my company for a while, but now I have different 401K money coming in and wondering who uses retirement accounts with traditional stocks and who is i...

Hi all - I am new to the world of real estate investing. I have read a few books, and so have a decent "theoretical" knowledge base, but there is one key factor that has been largely overlooked in my studies: BIG C...