Hi everyone! I am currently in the market for a small, multi unit in Chicago where my husband and I can owner occupy 1 unit for a couple of years, and then rent it out later. We’re also open to doing it with a condo, ...

Long time since I've been on here due to a recent move and job change or sorts. To start off, we bought a house in 2010, lived in it for 3 years and moved. We have been renting it out successfully ever since. Most rec...

I recently had an independant mortgage broker send me a fee sheet on a house I was looking at refinacing. The home is valued at $155K and I was going to pull $116k out. I have excellent credit and ZERO debt. My bank s...

I was wondering if anybody, in the most Real Estate for Dummies way possible, could walk me through the process of paying off a private/ hard money loan using a conventional mortgage?(Forgive me for this next part, I'...

First time posting here.TLDR: I am a new RE investor and have questions regarding long term wealth generation through RE.My Background:I am 23-year-old recent college graduate looking to purchase my first home/investm...

I've been looking at Chapter 7 and 11 bankruptcies. In the motion to sell documents it usually states the property is "subject to all liens and encumbrances, if any" and then usually follows a list of the liens in the...

When buying a property, what would be the advantages and disadvantages of going with a mortgage broker firm vs just walking into chase bank ?

I am a new aspiring investor and i am trying to understand the idea of a second note, the idea that i have is to see if i can simply finance the down payment through the seller. Does the seller have to own the propert...

This is rookie question, I realize. 
We are looking to buy our first investment property in an area we like and will likely retire to in a decade or so. In the interim and regardless of ultimate retirement plans, we ...

Hello,I am currently looking to buy a property in Houston to live in as I am still renting now. Most of the property I could afford have what they call a maintenance fee that varies greatly, can be from 150$ to 600$ d...