Mark Alex
what exactly is auction.com
so...a long, long time ago, in the days before the internet they used to do "foreclosure" or "trustee" sales on the court house steps. Basically, a homeowner would not pay his mortgage, the bank would reclaim the hou...
Tyreese Gadlin
PRIVATE MONEY AND HARD MONEY HOW DO U USE IT?
Hello BP! I am in the process of working on what I believe can be a potential great deal in Colorado, Wyoming area, but I personally do not have the funding. I am reaching out because I am looking for further knowl...
Ryan Moore
MS Office Question
I've been out of the MS office game for a long time. I think the office on my Mac is 2008. I'm getting confused by looking at all the different types of version they have. I'm looking for the basic Word, Excel, Pow...
Account Closed
Pay it down to 20% or leave it be?
I’m PCSing out of Oklahoma. I bought my house with the intent to “fix” it up and rent it out. I used a VA loan to buy it for 0% down, 0 closing costs and no PMI. Now that I have such low equity in it after a year, and...
Christopher V.
Please Help Analyzing This Deal!
Hey all,I live in a western suburb of Chicago and I have a neighbor who just passed away and her son is looking to sell the house asap. He agreed to let me walk the property and make him an offer before he puts it on ...
Alison Fountain
Getting a Loan without a W-2 Job
I recently quit my W-2 Job an am now having difficulty being approved for even a small conventional loan and looking for advice or tips. The details: I own 4 rental homes that are fully rented and together they cash f...
Dianne Rothenbuehler
We are stuck with a newly built house
My husband and I have been doing this pre-construction thing since '05 and didn't know real estate would take a dump. We built one for 230,000 and now it's worth 190,000!! Holy Crap, how what? Our mort. payment whe...
Jacob Villalobos
How would you best spend 100k?
Friends, I'm new here and I have caught the bug. Thank you for the vast amount of information. I have about 100k to invest and want to know how best to invest. I am a bit more in the buy and hold cash flow directio...
Joel Nielsen
REO Software?
I am new to the REO game an was wondering if anyone used a software program to gather information about REO's. Often the tapes from the AM's are vauge.
We have been putting these properties in an exel spreadhseet ...
Andrew Fortune
PPSF repair costs?
As I work with more investors and rehabbers, I am noticing that their estimated repairs vary by great amounts. I thought the challenge would be to predict the resale value, but it seems that repair costs are the bigge...