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5 January 2025 | 4 replies
Work with your commercial lender and see if you can self finance, by cross collateralizing your existing portfolio.
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7 January 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Augusta Owens: Hello all,I'm completely green when it comes to real estate, as in currently learning the terminology new.
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15 January 2025 | 8 replies
Quote from @Dick Green: This is a new venture that I'm looking into and real excited about.
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23 January 2025 | 30 replies
Greene about this guy I guess..
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15 January 2025 | 7 replies
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.
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6 January 2025 | 11 replies
That for them to consider it, they would want to order three appraisals, and then the loans would all have to be cross collateralized over the three properties, and it seemed over the top and costly way to borrow $75K.
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4 February 2025 | 41 replies
Why on gods green earth if you can save on commission, gain experience, meet investors and manage your own properties would you want to invest in a market outside of where you are?
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3 January 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Quote from @Kyle Biggs: I believe the cash to rehab will be 30 to 35k.
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13 January 2025 | 11 replies
One area can show great signs but literally cross the railroad tracks and it’s a different world.Be aware of these types of physical delineation.If you are getting no demand from qualified applicants then I would say it’s not in a margin of a gentrifying neighborhood.
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15 January 2025 | 8 replies
Renting it out while strategically leveraging the equity could be the best path forward.As @Jaycee Greene said, DSCR looks at your credit rather than DTI.