have always enjoyed challenging widely held beliefs, probably because so many of them fall apart upon closer examination. Most recently, my contrarian radar started going off in the summer as talk of a Canadian housi...

Wife and I are looking at retirement/recreational property we won't occupy full-time for 10+ years. Will be happy to vacation there several times a year, we love the lake. Parents want to throw money in so they can ...

I approached an investor friend of mine who had expressed some interest in having me assume a loan of his on a nice four family. He got cold feet, expressing what would have been seller's remorse. He then called me ...

I'm currently sitting on about 20 properties in the Philadelphia area and I'd like to find new ways of getting my deals in front of buyers. So far, Marketplace and Email blasts have yielded the best results. But, Face...

I purchased a home sub2 that was a pre foreclose. The bank is offering 2 options for modification. I pay $14k and keep 3.5% interested rate and $1900 payment or no upfront payment put interest go to 7% with $2500 paym...

I've got a deal I'm under contract for with a hard money lender providing 12% annual and 3pts on up to 75% of ARV. This sounded like a standard rate so I was going to apply. Just curious if this is agreeable. Any gotc...

Hi All,I'm reaching out for tips as this is my first time considering cash-out refi. Exactly 1 year ago today, I purchased a duplex for $~348k in a fairly high rent area with a top-quality tenant pool.  Put down 15% o...

In March of this year, we acquired title to a property in St. Mary's county, Maryland, through a tax lien foreclosure, paying about $40K.  The prior owner, a mentally-challenged man, had died in 2018 while in long te...

6 days ago I entered in to a contract with a seller, my contract has a inspection contingency and a counteroffer contingency, I am well within my 10 day due diligence period and I have decided to exercise my inspectio...

Where do I start? Just buy something and work through it?New guy here on the NW side of the Twin Cities (Albertville Area). I have about $1000/$1500 a month disposable income and need to do something productive with m...