I am not looking to start my own business in hard money lending, im wondering if there are any companies that work with investors such as myself? I have heard there are companies that allow you to diversify across mul...

Hi from Pennsylvania!
I am looking at a home that is foreclosure and is set to sell at a Sheriff's auction. The title search returned that the property is encumbered at 145K. The owner, who is still on the deed/title...

1. A lease option is just a lease with the option to buy... these kind of agreement do you really need an escrow agent to close the transaction? I thought it was just like a rental agreement with an option to purchase...

I’m a newbie investor but have some capital backing me. I’ve spent the past yr educating myself in all aspects of real estate investing. The more I research, the more I’m leaning towards jumping right into multi famil...

I'm not sure if this is a "success story" or not, but I think I consider it my first successful move as a real estate investor.  It all started about 2 years ago when I decided I was going to buy a house.  For some re...

Buying a multi-family with my brother (both of us married).  Lender has been a mess from the start.  Long story short, it's in the 11th hour and the lender realized my wife (Korean) can not sign/notarize the dower ri...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are searching for methods to open homeownership to low income borrowers. (This is not for investors) There is a trend to use attorney opinion letters rather than title insurance. The title i...

Hi, I have a big dilemma.  Because of double taxation Canada-USA (63-73% in my case) and all international form requirements, since I got married last year, and became a US Citizen for tax purposes ONLY (!!!!!!!!!!!),...

Hello BP members!  I'm hoping that some of you can point me in the right direction or offer up some advice on private money lending forms.  My husband and I have a family member willing to fund our live-in flip, but h...

Let’s assume I own Property A and B.
Let's say I have a real estate holding company called Blue Capital LLC which 100% owns and manager managers Property A LLC and Property B LLC which take titles to the properties.
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