Hi,My rental property's roof is 20+ years old.  Last year, a heavy rain and storm damaged it and I had to replace the entire roof which costed me $21K.  I understand that a roof repairs can be deducted as expense in t...

Hi All,I've been shopping around for portfolio loans to refinance some of my rental properties.I was contacted by another BP member who has has private lenders who said he and his partners can help me refinance - his ...

Folks, I am ready to start working on my next deal. I have two realtors that have setup an automatic MLS search, I have been scouring the internet sites and I even started networking with some like minded investors in...

This is stuff I have written in the past... just posting it up...

OK. We have gone through buying and selling a home, but that is just the beginning. Now lets fill in the blanks on how a note is serviced, how to repo...

Hi guys, I am under contract as of today on a multi family property. My issue is the owner is telling me that a fully occupied building doesn't have any deposits left for me to collect at closing. I ask why and he sta...

I would love to find a cash flowing asset. I know there are many places in Ohio and we are looking at them all including Toledo. We are out of state investors with CASH to buy a property, we have been coached, still m...

I thought I'd try Cozy.co this time around after hearing recommendations from others on Bigger Pockets. It was a big mistake. Their application process was fine and their screening reports good. It's their money handl...

Mine is foreclosure filings and REO sales.Let me explain.In 2007, I was working on 20 shortsales and a business partner of mine was working on about 40 shortsale cases. None of the shortsales were accepted. This was u...

I am new to investing in general, but have been doing a lot of research and am eager to get started in real estate. I live in San Diego. I am mostly interested in buy and hold rental properties and learning that busin...

I'm going to be hard lending money for the first time and I need some pointers. I've inspected the property with the lendee and I'm comfortable lending her 80% of the value. She's buying the property for 125k and I'm ...