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OK so we bought our 1st rental property... spent about 10 months of hard work and sweat to completely gut it and put it back into great shape on our own. Got our tenant and she had a good background check, a job, pr...
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hi,
I'm a newbie. Also a Christian so I feel a little twinge if I have to lie. In my experience working my first deal, it seems you have to tell the following lies:
1. I'm buying the property
2. M...
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Where are my AZ investors at!? I want to hear your thoughts on the water shortage in AZ (Phoenix area) and what you think it means for investors? Is it something to think about if you’re a buy and hold investor?
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We recently had FHA on our radio show and this seasoning rule doesn't look like it will be going away any time soon according to the their west coast marketing and outreach specialist.
As a hard money lender, we know...
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Will building a real estate porfolio of positive cash flowing properties lower my debt to income ratio? And thereby limit my ability to purchase a $1,000,000 2nd home?
I own a primary and 3 positive cash flowing ren...
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Hello,My mother-in law has about 700K in her retirement accounts and has suddenly needed to go into long term care (about 8K per month.) We are thinking that rather than simply spend down her retirement funds to pay f...
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Hello BP, I've got questions about the proper way to sell my mobiles that I fix up.
What I do is purchase a mobile home. Have it transported to a parks empty pad and set up.
After the home is renovated and certifie...
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I live in Massachusetts and have a family member who is asking for a personal loan of $60,000 to purchase a $78,000 mobile home in Rhode Island. I do have the money to loan and would like to help and I know that the b...
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Hi,
I'm Nick a starting my real estate investment specializing in purchasing, renovating and renting residential low rise units.
I'm looking at create an online presence starting with a website and I would like to ...
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Thanks to the great advice I got from the folks on this forum, I now have a great tenant in place for my first rental starting 6/1, and we are putting an offer on a duplex later this week, so exciting! So naturally I'...