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Background: Last week Arbor Realty Trust foreclosed on four apartment buildings in Houston. The Unpaid balance was $229M and the sale went for approx. $197M (15% discount). The borrower had short term bridge debt on e...
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Economic Update
(Monday, November 23, 2020)
When COVID-19 arrived, all of us were confronted with an unexpected pandemic that upended the plans we had for 2020. But the pandemic is only part of our story. Whe...
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Good afternoon Bigger Pockets forum. This is my first post, and of course I'm looking for advice. My wife, and I are taking the plunge into real estate investing, and I wanted to consult like minded individuals on a c...
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I wanted to share a recent experience. I recently received a letter from one of my lenders (Flagstar bank) calling out a deed transfer I made around 2-3 years ago. I transferred a deed via quitclaim from my name into ...
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We have an applicant trying to complete an application for one of our rentals, but they do not have a social security number or a driver's license number- which are required fields for our background and credit check....
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The future of Real Estate investing is in danger, and it's going to take a lot of creativity and unity to thrive over the next decade.
Those of you who've been in it for the past 10 or 20 years can see the writing o...
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