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Good afternoon,Have been following BiggerPockets podcast for quite some time and finally created a profile. I have some experience in the real estate game from the financing side as a Loan Officer. Looking to jump int...
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I'm closing on my 1st duplex next week (5/15/17). The current tenant has not paid rent in 2 months due to inoperable heating thermostat, non working oven and broken glass door. The tenant called code enforcement now t...
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I was listening to the recent podcast showcasing Kathy Fettke and became interested in her company. Looked it up ("Real Wealth Network") and it seems they broker deals for you for out-of-state turnkeys, syndications a...
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I see a lot of home come up for auction and then purchased back from the bank for pennies on the dollar. For example:Foreclosure InformationJUNE 22 2017Listed by bank$31,200This property was foreclosed and now the len...
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Hello BP Community,I was wondering if anyone had any experience when dealing with properties that are going through probate. Long story short, I put an offer in on a single family (Owner Occupied) house in a good area...
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Hello, Upcoming first time buyer, here. Today I received my first official pre-approval letter from a potential lender. A house I saw last week (3 bed/3 bath; I would have a roommate in the 2nd bedroom, then airbnb th...
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I have a SF for rent in Bacliff. This week I got a call from the Galveston Sheriff's Department. They told me that they had apprehended a wire thief at another location. The thief had an extra key on him and they det...
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soo..my dad bought a rental property 3yrs ago and i liked it so he let me move in and pay the mortgage along with the other obligations.it was 100k, he put down 20k and the rest is history.My wife recently started wor...
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Multi-Purpose property3 retail units out front3 apartments in back2 warehouses in back10 storage units in far backprice: $1 millionbank wants 25% down (250,000) - I'm going in on this one with another investor, I'm on...
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Hi BP -
We're putting an offer in on a 3 family house - will be owner occupying. We want to put 10% down with a conventional loan, and the lender we spoke with said we couldn't get conventional with less than 20% bec...