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How to deal with a home-equity line freeze or reduction

By: Dennis Norman

Dennis Norman

In the past many investors have relied upon home equity lines of credit (HELOC) to allow them to use the equity in their residence to invest in real estate.  Over the past year however many have found their lines of credit frozen or greatly reduced as a result of their lenders concern [...]

Is there financing available for investors? Final post in the series.

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

This is the third and final post of my E-View TM with H. John Frank, a highly respected mortgage banker that is the President of Paramount Mortgage Co. If you missed part one or two the link to them is at the end of this post.

Lets continue with the final part of the E-View [...]

Is there financing available for investors? Part 2 of a series

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Yesterday I posted part one of my E-View TM with H. John Frank, a highly respected mortgage banker that is the President of Paramount Mortgage Co.

Lets continue with part two of the  E-View TM:

H. John Frank, Jr., President, Paramount Mortgage

 Q-Investors, even those that are very qualified are struggling to obtain financing.  Many [...]

Is there financing available for investors? Part 1 of a series

By: Dennis Norman

For investors there is no lack of opportunities when it comes to real estate.  The recession, record foreclosure levels and high unemployment are some of the contributing factors to why there are “deals” to be had.  I keep hearing from investors though that the problem is financing.  Even established investors with a good [...]

Is there financing available for investors?

By: Dennis Norman

Dennis Norman

Many investors today are running into road blocks when it comes to financing.  Many are finding that even though they have not experienced problems in the past, that now they are running into dead ends when it comes to financing.

Many bankers when quizzed about their sudden change in attitude about lending [...]

Advice on Investing in Today’s Market from a Pro- Final post of the series

By: Dennis Norman

In the first post and second post of this series I gave a little background on Marc Mink, the person responding to my E-View TM  and sharing his knowledge and wisdom.  As promised, I will give some more background on Marc and then continue with part two of the E-View TM .

Over the years Marc continued [...]

Advice on Investing in Today’s Market from a Pro-Part 2 of a series

By: Dennis Norman

In the first post of this series I gave you a little background on Marc Mink, the person responding to my E-View TM  and sharing his knowledge and wisdom.  As promised, I will give some more background on Marc and then continue with part two of the E-View TM .

Marc started in the antique and architectural salvage [...]

Advice on Investing in Today’s Market from a Pro-Part 1 of a series

By: Dennis Norman

Real estate investors are facing quite a dilemma  in this market.  On the one hand prices are down, inventory of “deals” are plentiful; on the other hand financing is tight, the resale market is weak and many banks don’t even want to finance rental properties right now.  So what’s an investor to do? [...]