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One of the biggest mistakes new fix-and-flip investors make is chasing deals in markets hundreds or even thousands of miles away before they’ve mastered doing deals close to home.

Many times we will buy fix/flip or bridge loans from the secondary market (i.e. loans originated by another party) and collect the interest income. This…

What is Regulation X (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act – RESPA)? One of the more important federal laws governing mortgage lending is the Real Estate…

During a real estate downturn, the key to success is risk management. Many financial indicators are showing that the real estate market is turning south.…

If you read the headlines and listen to the news you would think the world is coming to an end.  Most of the so-called issues…

We are in a period of uncertainty as inflation is rising, the stock market pulls back, and the house prices are slowly declining.  Even though…

Hide your name on public record and in turn discouraging litigation.  Attorneys tend to sue those who they think have money since most work on…

Paying off debt versus using the money to invest in other opportunities is always a decision that I struggled with over the years. When I…

Nowadays it seems like there is no place to find a decent deal since the housing prices have gone up so much in recent years.  Given…

If you are a landlord and you’ve been worried about how to raise the rent on a tenant, read on to see whether you should…

Bottom of Form If a lien is “perfected” it means that the mortgage lender (i.e., creditor) has established its priority (1st, 2nd position, etc.) on…

A “super lien” is a category of lien that, under a state statute, is given a higher priority than other types of liens. When it…