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Yesterday I signed the paperwork on a 25 year lease with option to buy. The option amount is for balance owed on the sellers current mortgage loan at the time option is exercised. I'm making payments directly to the b...
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I'm currently a senior in college in Massachusetts and ever since my school went online, I have pretty much been working nonstop and saving/investing as much as I can. My friends and I have recently been learning a lo...
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What are the benefits of lease options versus other exit strategies?
I apologize in advance for a very long post.
We are first time home buyers in a very competitive market (Seattle). Neither me nor my wife work in the IT industry so we knew our limitations and went in with realistic ...
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Hi guys,I’ve been doing some extensive reading and doing property analytics in Garfield park (East/West) and Hegewisch, and have been seeing a lot of investor activity in terms of rehabbed Section 8 rentals as well as...
Hi, all, I'm just looking for some guidance here.I moved from my residence a few months ago and rather than sell, I decided to hold onto the house as a rental property. I hired a property management company for an ini...
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New to the game and seriously considering purchasing a 5 family. The current land lord has not been using leases, so the tenants are all month to month. Curious what people think of this approach vs having year long...
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Just curious how many of you use creative financing techniques? My wife and I are "newbies" and are looking to purchase our 1st home that can provide positive cash flow. We would like to put no $$$ down. What are o...
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I own a three family in Boston that's doing well and was turned over to PM about 8 months ago when I moved to Australia for my husband's job. We'll be returning to the US in a couple of years (most likely) but don't ...
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Hi All,I have a tenant that just moved in, March 1st. We signed a 2-year agreement, early buy out clause of 30 days notice, 1 months rent.He is giving me a hell of a hard time now, he is breaking the lease for a bett...