I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...

Unable to Deliver Marketable Title Return of Earnest MoneyA friend of mine, Kevin, recently is in a situation which I cannot seem to understand fully, but am hoping a Real Estate Attorney can shed some light on the su...

Lately, a bunch of people have been asking about what to look for when picking a property manager. Its a great question, and I’ll try to cover a few important points. I’m going to ask more questions then I’ll answer, ...

So the 30yr mortgage rate went from 3.93% to 4.46% over the weekend! Holy cow!

Could that be the reason Mortgage rate applications fell 3%?

It would make sense!

How do you feel this will affect REI? Buying and Hol...

Hey BP,I was out yesterday doing some shopping and the owners of the store I was in approached me about selling their other location. I'm a frequent customer and they know I buy real estate which is why they asked. Th...

I heard that there is no license needed to broker private/ hard money loans, Is there any truth to this? I know that you don't need one in the commercial sector. Is there one needed in the residential hard mney sec...

If a property is in foreclosure and set to be auctioned off, is it still possible to contact the owner of the property, pay off the remaining debt and obtain the property before it goes to auction?  Or once it is in f...

I recently met a potential tenant that I fell in love with. Very sweet personality and she was excited about the uniqueness of the property. I checked her credit score and it was not great (595), has a history of some...

Hello,
My name is Kevin Laurion and I want to introduce myself to the Minnesota forum group. You can take a look at my profile for a quick background on my family and I as I don’t want to bore you with that. Haha.
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Looking to learn more about notes before shifting my strategy to investing. Any secret sauce you can share?