Hello!My husband and I are first time buyers and new to the area (San Jose).  We met with a realtor who I found on zillow with high ratings and she instructed us that because the housing market is so competitive here,...

On another post which we kind of derailed, we got into discussing creative financing techniques and clauses some of us use in notes secured by real estate. You can read more about it here:

Original "Motivatio...

I have been doing a lot of research regarding the Dodd Frank act. I have a couple of ideas that might help avoid legal issues with Dodd Frank. I spoke with my attorney yesterday and he said on one knows if rent to own...

I just completed my CE for my mortgage bankers license here in Oregon today.what I found interesting and wanted to share is there was a module on license requirements as it relates to selling real estate.State of Oreg...

My wife and I are new to this whole REI thing and are learning as we go.  We have started to look into wholesaling and have seen many success stories and advice on how to complete the process from start to finish.  Th...

Unfortunately we didn't fall under the category of "deal fell through at the last minute."  Ours went through.   Long story short, we found a house on Coldwell Banker.  Drove 4 hours to look at the property....twice. ...

First: security deposits do NOT belong to the landlord. They are exactly as stated: security deposit.They MUST be housed in a FL financial institution per FL statute. They cannot be co-mingled.Now, your tenant left "d...

This is the problem. I rented an apt, signed a one year lease. Due to death in family had to leave after 5 months. Offered the landlord to pay an extra 2 month rent to let me out of lease, they refused. They said only...

Hey Everyone -

I was just reading a new member introduction from @Howard Scarrott , where he mentioned the challenges of investing while working full-time and I thought I'd solicit advice from the rest of o...

I see that there are a million companies buying Land Contract notes. What is the standard percentage they pay? Based on the following, $30k note(balance) with 8% on a 10 year note.