Kris L.
Selecting the right agent
26 January 2025 | 12 replies
You could also list low and if the demand is really there, could get bid up.
Bruce B. Lee
Hello, BiggerPockets! House Hacking Help Needed!
5 February 2025 | 3 replies
Capacity and Tolerance. 1) Capacity: how many people can you comfortably fit in the property, is there room to add more, or add more value to the tenants to increase rent.2) Tolerance: How many people are you comfortable living with, if there are vacancies are you able to handle that.House hacking is an amazing path to homeownership, and a nice low barrier to entry into self managing your properties.
Adam Newman
10% down or 20% down???
23 January 2025 | 10 replies
Avoid PMI and then go to a local credit union and get a heloc after closing to gift the money back.Have this as a tool in your tool belt but pursue use of the 3.5% FHA, knowing that you will be at a competitive disadvantage if you are competing with non FHA buyers, then you can call in the favor from your gift person.Just know that if someone gifts you down payment money, your bank will require them to sign a letter stating that it is in fact a gift that doesn’t need to be paid back.
Jorge Contreras
Getting into a new escrow when in a current escrow
22 January 2025 | 1 reply
If you're using traditional financing on your primary residence, they're going to do another credit check on you just before closing.
Avery Oblepias
Section 8 Tom Cruz
10 January 2025 | 22 replies
Realtors, websites, YouTube and books are all low cost.
Pixel Rogue
Real-estate Exit Plan
20 January 2025 | 6 replies
We want to plan in the most tax vantaged ways (which includes keeping future AGI as low as possible) and open to new-age and creative concepts.Respectfully ask to keep discussion to topic vs. selling one's self or services seeking new business.
Anade Davis
Would like to know more about Lease to Own to buy Multi Families as a Master Tenant
26 January 2025 | 3 replies
You would want to look for an owner that has a loan through a bank or credit union or one that has no mortgage.
Mark Simpson
How this guy used AI to Acquire 15 Off-Market Short-Term Rentals in Just 12 Months
29 January 2025 | 4 replies
Here’s how they approached it:1.Scraping Listings: They used web scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and GPT APIs to scan Airbnb for properties in their target areas.2.Image Analysis: They trained an AI model to analyse listing photos, identifying homes with solid potential (good structure, layout, location) that were undervalued due to low-quality photos.
Cristen Marcotte
DO NOT USE STEADILY INSURANCE
19 January 2025 | 15 replies
am working with them now and had the first policy (with Spinnaker) cancelled for nonpayment/late payment so we rewrote another policy (with Millenial) and having the same payment problem again but at least they are communicating that cancellation is coming. they want me to pay by credit card over the phone so the payment wont be late and cancelled again. but when i go to mycoverageinfo.com to check on status it shows its been paid.
Michael Bell
How are people finding good deals in this market?
1 February 2025 | 1 reply
Inventory is low and sellers won't budge.