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TL:DR = experienced mortgage processor (not MLO) looking to start his own mortgage brokerage; need advice
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Hey all, I've sea...
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Looking to buy my first investment property, there is so much information i dont know where to start. I put in a request to get pre approved by a local lender (suggested by zillow). Where do I go from here and how sho...
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I'd like to setup a HELOC on my house and purchase another multi-family.1. Once the HELOC is setup, do I need to draw the funds into my bank account (for the down payment), or can it stay as credit until I purchase th...
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Hey bigger pockets! So a couple of personal friends of mine have gotten their real estate licenses and one of them even joined the same brokerage as me. I’ve been extremely successful generating leads, and have basica...
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Hello,I have a paid for rental that I purchased for $80,000 cash in 2016. After purchase I transferred the Deed to my LLC. I only asked one lender (I believe it was USAA) last year about a HELOC on the property and th...
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I have investment properties in Dallas area and I am currently working with Penfed to do HELOCs on these properties. After going through all the hoops the processor has rejected my HELOC applications because they insi...
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I’m reading through “The Book On Rental Property Investing” by Brandon Turner and just came across a point where he said when he was 25 he bought a 24 unit apartment complex for $15k down with $550k seller financed. M...
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I recently sat down with Tyler Jensen and picked his brain for all his best tips and tricks for house flipping. I asked him everything from how he adapted in COVID to have his most successful year to date, to how he s...
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Hello, community! Brandon told me to introduce myself here, so if anybody cares about my story, here it is, LOL. My name is Michael Milillo and I stumbled across this forum when I read "The Book On Rental Property I...
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Hi everyone,I'm trying to get a sharper picture of investor demographics. Imagine you're funding a syndication and have gathered all the investors into a room and could ask each of them how much they are investing and...