"What is holding you back?"4 years ago this week, I asked this question and it got thousands of responses. The market roared upward for 3 years after that. Over the last year, interest rates have increased and it has ...

Ok. Here we go. I win the dummy award of the year but I need some help to see how I can mitigate my damage now that I'm in the bind I'm in.1) Bought a townhome, fixed it up and put a renter in it. Small town. Small ho...

To many people the idea of being constantly watched and monitored may not seem like anything new. Minorities, in general, have never been so trusting of the powers that be to think that they wont abuse said power in t...

Hi, i am having some problems trying to start out the family business. We have tried every finance company in the area and at least 4 different banks. They all have told us the same things on why we have been denied. ...

This Tiger Woods drama is nothing I really care about, but the announcement that he is giving up golf is what gets my blood boiling.

Here are my thoughts:
1 - Sure, he messed up big time by sleeping around
2 - He a...

I spent a few years in the mid west in little towns that mined lead. At one time, the real estate investors there probably thought “we use lead for everything, no way it could fail as a commodity. If I hold onto this ...

Here in Washington State, I go to a Title Company after signing a contract with a seller and the title company researches the chain of title and issues title insurance, and then the Title Company will actually close t...

Hi All,My partner and I met with our first private lender yesterday, he was very knowledgeable, successful and in general a good guy.  We were throwing out questions about REI and came across wholesaling and he said t...

I'm really thinking about using Private lending (or HM lending) for my real estate deals, so,

#1, Im asking if someone could explain to me the structure and purpose of Private lending? I don't get the g...