REAL ESTATE BLOG
The Arbitration Option: Resolving Landlord-Tenant Disputes Efficiently
The Arbitration Option: Resolving Landlord-Tenant Disputes Efficiently In the intricate (and sometimes contentious) realm of landlord-tenant relationships, disputes between parties is not uncommon territory. Such disagreements can be about...
Emerging Technologies for Enhancing Real Estate Security
The security of their assets has always been a priority for property owners. The good news is that recent advancements have created a new generation of security technologies that are having an impressive impact on how we protect buildings and their...
Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started With Hard Money Loans
Mortgage rates are tied to the general level of interest rates across financial markets. Because of changes in the economy and monetary policy set by the government, interest rates go up and down over time. When interest rates move higher, mortgage rates will follow, and vice versa.
Why Your Credit Score is Important and How to Improve It
Your credit score is a 3-digit number that speaks volumes of your financial condition. Credit score and credit report are two terms that are sometimes used interchangeably, though they are not the same thing. Your credit report is a document that...
What is Transactional Funding? The Ultimate Guide for Real Estate Investors
Since the real estate bubble burst and lenders began instituting stricter lending policies, investors wholesalers who deal with motivated sellers of distressed properties rely on transactional funding to close the deal. Transactional funding is...
Read This Before You Buy a Home This Summer
Minimizing Risk Let’s face it: ‘investing’ in anything is simply a more formal, standardized, and relatively stable form of ‘gambling.’ There’s a degree of risk whenever something is put on the line, whether it’s time or money. Therefore, the trick...
Investing in Real Estate With Little Money or Experience
Investing in real estate can be a rewarding, profitable career that if done right can set you and your family up financially for the rest of your lives. It can be tough to get started in real estate if you are coming into it with little capital and...
REAL ESTATE COMPS
TOP 7 TIPS FOR CHOOSING THE BEST PROPERTY MLS COMPS! Before you start your real estate rehab it’s important to get a game plan on exactly what and how you will rehab your real estate investment property. Running MLS Comps, studying the sold and...
How to Refinance Out of a Hard Money Loan
TEMP TO PERM LOANS LOANS So, you found the perfect real estate investment property you want to hold as rental investment. You got a sweet deal on the property, executed the contract, called us at Tidal Loans for a hard money rehab loan....
How to Line Up Buyers for Your Fix and Flip
HOW TO LINE UP BUYERS FOR YOUR FIX AND FLIP The goal of a fix and flip is to purchase a property and make needed repairs and renovations before reselling the property as quickly as possible. Any delays in the process will decrease the value of your...
Hard Money Private Money Loans
STRATEGIES TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE WITH LITTLE MONEY Investing in real estate is a solid way through which a person can diversify his or her portfolio. Some people balk at investing in real estate because they fear that they simply cannot come up...
Everything You Need to Know About Getting Started With Hard Money Loans
While hard money loans can be used for people will bad, little, or no credit, hard money lenders in Houston can also help investors who want to fix-and-flip a property and need a short-term loan without having to go through the lengthy underwriting...
Debunking 6 Hard Money Loan Myths
A lot of myths surrounds hard money loans, and many people who would benefit from a hard money loan are put off by the stigma that surrounds them. Here are six myths about hard money loans. 1. MYTH: HARD MONEY LOANS ARE RISKY One of the most...
Debt Service Ratio
REAL ESTATE FORMULAS EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD KNOW DEBT SERVICE RATIO 5/28/18 Debt Service Coverage Ratio* (DSCR)* is the amount of cash flow available to meet annual interest and principal payments on debt. =Net Operating Income/Debt Service Example:...
Custom Home Construction Tips That Save Money and Reduce Maintenance
Building your customized dream home puts you in charge of the decisions for every aspect of the process from the walls to the roof shingles. It can be an exciting journey that will create the house that you and your family will enjoy for years or...
3 Benefits of Working With a Hard Money Lender
Experienced real estate investors know all the fine points of hard money loans, but for novice investors, they usually need to learn more about it so that they make the right decision for their projects. A hard money lender gives out hard money...
16 Ways to Tell if That Fixer-upper is Flip-worthy
Get familiar with the local real estate market before deciding if you should buy. “A fixer-upper is a good buy when you have at least three similar properties that sold in the same subdivision, preferably within the last 90 days and within a...