Cesar Lopez
Hard money, yay or nay?
I am currently in the process of buying two homes in Northern NJ and am financing through a hard money lender. Is it custom to pay an application fee of close to $1000 per loan? Are there any suggestions of lenders ...
Chris Hafner
Getting Earnest Money When Realtor/Seller Refuse to Take Action
I’ve read the posts on getting earnest money back and I did not see any that are quite like my situation. Basically, I was in the process of purchasing a property when it became clear that there would be substantial r...
Michael Spindler
Signature Loan for the Down, 30 yr fixed, then Refi?
Hello BP,
Regarding the use of a signature loan for a 20% down (acquired 3 months prior to mortgage application). How long do you need to wait to refi to get the money out to pay off the signature loan?
This is ass...
Yoni Meth
Closing remotely from abroad with lender
I'm a US citizen but currently living in Israel, and I'm in the process of purchasing a property in Columbus Ohio.My plan is to do some rehab and therefore I want to take a hard money loan which will cover 80% of the ...
Brad Barton
Signature
I cant figure out how to get my signature to show up on these posts. :(
George Krajacic
Basic Text Signature removal disappointment
I would like to address Bigger Pockets and the community regarding the Basic Text Signature feature removal from the free account. As a Real Estate professional for over 30 years, I enjoy helping beginners and people ...
Jack B.
1031 QI Attorney tried to rip me off, hesitant to try again...
A 1031 exchange attorney in NY tried to rip me off in my opinion. Even other attorneys and the LPO at escrow said they had never seen anything like this. I only got the money back after I threatened to call the FBI an...
Francis Rusnak
Earnest money stuck in limbo
Have an off-market house we were supposed to close on 4 months ago. The seller was the one who contacted us to sell, then he randomly goes MIA so we never close on his house.Clearing up the books and go to get the 1k ...
Daneca Hall
Signing a lease via email - legality
I just started managing one property last year, and to save money I used a trial from a well-known online signature business for the first lease. For the annual renewal lease, I planned on doing a physical copy and ha...
Steve LeBlanc
What happens when earnest money refund taking "too long"?
Okay you keyboard lawyer warriors...just looking for some thoughts on the following scenario regarding delayed refund of earnest money.Original contract language about earnest money is as follows (this is in Illinois)...