
24 February 2025 | 5 replies
Instead of moving into another single-family home, consider house hacking a duplex or triplex, this allows you to use low down payment loans (FHA, conventional) and offset your mortgage with rental income, accelerating your path to financial freedom.

16 January 2025 | 2 replies
Freddie Mac only offers financing for single properties they do not offer 'Portfolio loans" meaning bundle them all into one loan.

26 February 2025 | 23 replies
Was the repairman insured/bonded/licensed?

12 February 2025 | 0 replies
Conventional loan with a 20% down payment.

10 February 2025 | 3 replies
If you ever need insights on financing options for rental properties, including DSCR loans to scale your portfolio, I’d be happy to help.

27 February 2025 | 6 replies
A brand new business getting a loan to purchase a property will almost definitely be at higher rates than what you have now. - When we've review these options with clients the ending outcome is typically that it's easier to forgo the 121 exclusion if you want to keep this property; and do a cash-out refinance (taking on more debt isn't taxable) instead.

11 February 2025 | 31 replies
Second year distributions rise to 5.27%, third year 7.27%, according to the projections.Those projections may be at risk, for many reasons: the recent huge increase in interest rates -- increasing the cost of loans and decreasing valuations, insurance costs have skyrocketed, real estate taxes are up, labor and material costs for repairs & renovations have increased, etc.On the plus side, the majority of the ODC funds were designed to be high value add projects with plans to increase operating efficiencies, add tenants and raise rents.

5 February 2025 | 4 replies
the rest of the loan payment right now is coming back to you eventually.

30 January 2025 | 7 replies
Hello everyone, I am reaching out to the BP Community for suggestions.My Portfolio100% owner of 7 SFH PropertiesGP in about 30 SFH properties(of which I own somewhere between 25% to 50%)All but two properties are managed by a PM CompanyNet worth of the above is about $2,000,000 - $2,500,000My IssuesI have many SFH's - Which take up time(Currently spending time paying property tax and insurance, requesting quotes on insurance policies and overseeing the PM Company(approve rent increases, approve renovation projects, etc).They also take up head-space(having to remember property addresses, remembering when property taxes are due)(I have reminders/systems but something I would like to reduce)Goals1) Spend less time on Real Estate2) Free up head-space2) Make $240,000 annually from real estate(Which I think is not to hard if I can increase my net worth and can get an 8% return)Possible Solutions1) Sell all the SFH's and buy 4-Unit Properties to take advantage of conventional financing2) Sell all the SFH's and buy one large apartment complex3) Sell al the SFH's and invest in syndications4) Sell all the SFH's and purchase stock / bonds5) Continue to hold all the SFH's6) Any other suggestionsOther Considations1) Should I consider private notes?

19 February 2025 | 7 replies
It is easy to underestimate the timeline.It is easy to underestimate loan costs.