Contract is signed by us, buyer. Seller signed after seller's agent added a condition, as follows, that we were told to sign. "Buyer is required to use Joe Lender". We have a lender lined up who provided a preapproval...

We are only a few days from closing on a fourplex and our bank has come back and said that because the appraiser said there is a shared driveway the seller must get an easement with the neighboring owner stating this ...

A landlord here in Houston told my neighbor to take down the kids basketball hoop off his property.  However, it is on the grass between the curb and sidewalk which i believe is technically government property.  Is he...

HOA requires brown windows. It will cost me an extra $3500 to purchase windows that are brown, with grids, and with brown capping. My windows are original, don't work anymore, have broken seals and waste energy. I'...

Hi All, I am a total newbie at real-estate investing. I am looking to get my first deal. Trying to buy from HUD auction; and I heard that HUD requires investors to have 5 years of property management experience if the...

What should be done when an applicant comes to view a property and tries to find things to complain about but the applicant wants to rent the property badly and lies about the statements of the leasing officer.

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Question is what is the motivation for dictating a title company?

I assume if you said no, I want mine they could simply turn down yo...

There is a quadplex that I'm looking into that is across the street from a large apartment building.  The quadplex seems like an ok deal, but is the apartment going to dictate my rents and what the tenants should expe...

I have done 5 flips and 2 buy and hold deals over the past few years. My strategy is based around high school ratings. I am lucky to be in real estate full time all day, every day. If I can get 1% rental rule on a mov...

We have a sales contract with an Investor who is purchasing a property from FHA and the language in the contract dictates the max loan amount the Buyer can obtain.  This struck me as odd because FHA is the Seller - wh...