Tonebuckets

I recently bought two investment properties cash in Buffalo, NY, rehabbed them and rented them out. One is a single family, the other is a duplex. Between the two I receive $1900.00 per month. Credit score plummetted after I used almost all available credit cards to purchase and rehab. Right before I bought both houses, which I bought within days of each other, credit score was a 725, now, credit score is a 630. Nearly 100 points. Still no lates on anything. I'm looking for a decent LTV, say 60-65, to pay off CC's and refi after score has had a chance to rebound. Loan amounts are small, I know some HML's have minimums so that's why I'm mentioning it, around 30-35K each. Please contact me if you can help with this funding. Please only serious inquiries only, and those that don't ask for money up-front. Thanks! Anthony Tonebuckets@msn.com 716-374-0156

I am an investor in the residential sector and I usual do my own market analysis, and I think I'm pretty decent at it. When researching a deal I look at a lot of factors, obviously, and I'm usually within a few bucks here or there. But this has always been on real estate in my own backyard. Areas I know, streets I know, or are at least somewhat familiar with. Recently I've been looking at real estate in other states. And due to all of the obvious obstacles, ie... geography, limited time, etc... I can't go to every single house and check out all the details that need to be done to come up with a decent market analysis. And forget calling RE agents, they more than annoy me. lol (just kidding here) So I've been using zillow.com and I think it's been pretty good so far. So my question is what does everyone think of zillow and are there any other sites that you are using? Do you think that zillow is somewhat accurate? Thanks everyone! Tony