Roy Williamson
Is purchasing quad / duplex out of State a good idea
I'm selling my rental property soon and want to reinvest in a cash flowing rental property. I was Thinking about purchasing a duplex or quad in either Nevada or Arizona since it's cheaper to buy there than California...
Thanh Nguyen
Mortgage loan originator role!
As Dodd Frank Act coming, I can see that LO investor should use MLO ( Mortgage loan originator) as our middle man to structure a deal. I used to close a deal in an attorney office. My question is if you put a MLO i...
Michala Vander Ploeg
Inheriting tenants and want to update lease agreements
My husband and I have recently purchased our first rental property, a triplex with all three units currently occupied. The property closes march 31st, so we have a bit of time yet to get things in order.
I'm wonderi...
Ben Visser
Trouble qualifying on a 2nd home via conventional loan
We bought our first property last April owner occupied/conventional loan with 3.5% down. After speaking with our mortgage guy a few months ago he did a prelim pre-approval and said everything was good to go.Found a du...
Stephanie Fay
winning a florida tax lien...is it even possible??
I've been studying Florida tax liens (certificates) for 6 months now. I've read and reread Statute 197 (the legal go to). I'm ready to make bids on a particular counties' auction which has 2,700 properties up. In c...
Tony Maro
Help me run these numbers on a buy-and-hold rental please?
I don't want to fall into the trap of buying because I feel I have to, but that said I've got cash sitting around drawing 0.01% that I need to do something with and this seems to be the best in my area, other than a d...
Austin Cole
Using a 2.99% simple interest rate personal loan to invest
This May my fiancée and I graduate college and will commission into the Air Force. Since we both did ROTC we each have access to USAAs career starter loan which is a $25,000 loan at an interest rate of 2.99%. If we ta...
Andrew O.
Buyer willing to pay above appraisal, lender issues.
A restaurant owner is looking to buy one of our flips, bank appraised at $200,000, we are asking $230,000 and buyer is happy to pay $230,000. The extra cash the buyer wants to bring to the table is from the restaurant...
Adriana Martinez
Investing in condos as vacation rentals
Hi everyone,What advice would you give to someone who is new to investing in short term/vacation rentals. What have been some your experiences with this investment type and what would you tell someone who is intereste...
Sydney Barrett
Lowering my operational expenses
I'm interested in how people are having success in increasing the margins that they make on rentals. I manage my own properties and I'm looking for some tips and tricks to do that more efficiently.