Bryan Miller
Borrower about to loose house - Creative Financing Ideas Needed
So I received a call for help on this scenario. Trying to figure out how it could work. Borrower faces foreclosure sale next week. He needs $19,000 to bring his first position loan current. He is living in the ho...
Jeff Tumbarello
A historical overview of what may happen in the near term......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR,
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Dawn Anastasi
It's hard to ask for money
Asking for money seems to be an embarrassing topic. It seems to be more embarrassing to ask for money from private individuals than from a bank. Why? I think because a bank is just an "institution" versus a pers...
Liz Brumer-Smith
Note Investing Newbie Questions
I've been a note investor now for close to eight years. Investing in mortgage notes is how I got started in real estate investing. As I see the current state of the mortgage industry become more distressed, I realiz...
Rob Randle
Renting vs. Owning - Primary Residence
I am trying to way the pro's and con's of renting vs. owning. I rent currently and do not think it as bad as some people think. I'm looking for feedback and factors that I may be overlooking. On the investing side ...
Dhruv Patel
Ohio markets not really cash flowing! Am I missing something?
Hello, I'm new to investing out-of-state. I live in PA (northeast of Philadelphia) and was looking to invest in Ohio markets due to their lower prices and appreciation. I connected with an agent and analyzed lots of d...
Lupe Santiago
Licenses to do Hard Money Lending - California
Hello,
I'm doing some research into starting a hard money lending business in California. The loans would be first trust deeds on non-owner occupied residential property (lending to RE investors) and the business en...
Matt Brown
Taxes of flippin' a property
I'm more interested in holding out and renting out a property than I am flipping one, but if I did find one for a good enough deal and managed to get rid of it fairly quickly, what are the taxes like?
I suppose there...
Michael M.
If you could. Who would you mentor?
Personally, I think the smartest person in the room, is the notes investor. Why? Deals need money, money needs security, and security needs yield. Within the activity of real estate for the purposes of ROI I would muc...
Wendell De Guzman
Real Vacancy Factor
After owning a bunch of rental properties, I realized that for Single Family Homes, your real vacancy factor is not necessarily 10%. Why? If you have a mortgage on the house, logically then, if it becomes vacant, y...