New Investor - Looking for Recommendations

[Nichole Bretag]

Greetings Bigger Pockets Community,

I'm new to real estate investing and would very much like to learn more about it, especially investing in rental properties. I'm currently reading BRRR Investing, The Book on Rental Property Investing, and have registered for a couple of Webinars. Any suggestions and recommendations on the best ways to get started would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Nichole

[Matthew Kwan]

HI Nichole,

There are several ways to run and make sure you are maximizing your rental income while keeping your living expense as low as possible. Try looking into zillow/Redfin and see what your potential rents you can get near the neighborhood by filtering the bedrooms/bathrooms of the intentional property that you are planning to buy. This will allow you give a reference point on how much potential rent you can receive. (Max vacated rents - your monthly mortgage payment) = +/- net cashflow.

On the other hand, you could also look into multifamily units where you can live one of the unit and rent out the other vacant units with as little as 5% down payment. The main hurdle that many of our borrowers face are the income aspect of it, especially expensive markets like the West coast. However, it allows you to use the vacant rents of 75% market rent as an alternative income to help the borrower to qualify.

Happy to connect and assist you in your real estate investing journey. @Albert Bui @Carlos Valencia