Getting Comfortable With Hard Money Investing

Getting Comfortable With Hard Money Investing

Many real estate investors overlook hard money loans as a strategy for acquiring property. That’s because these loans are typically used by desperate property owners looking for a way out of the real estate market, rather than into it. But hard money can work for...
Real Estate Terms From Appraisals To Comps

Real Estate Terms From Appraisals To Comps

When you’re selling your home or other real property on your own, you don’t have to know everything about the process. It does help to have a practical knowledge of the terms that come up during the process. Keep in mind, these aren’t intended as “be all, end all,...
Creative Real Estate Financing Methods

Creative Real Estate Financing Methods

This is the age of creative real estate financing. Maybe you remember when financing meant you saved up enough to put 20% down on a house, and then got a mortgage loan for the other 80%? You can still do that, but there are many more options now. Here are ten of them....
Construction Loans

Construction Loans

Before you sell yourself short, talk to a mortgage company. Many lenders are more than happy to lend you money for a lucrative project, because it means profitable business for them too. Construction loans are the backbone of many mortgage company portfolios, and if...
Real Estate Financing Ten Ways

Real Estate Financing Ten Ways

Do you remember when real estate financing meant you saved up enough to put 20% down on a house, and then you got a mortgage loan for the other 80%? Well, you can still do that, but there are many more options now. Here are ten of them. 1. Gifting programs. In some...