Kathy Creighton-Smith
LoanBidz lending reviews
23 January 2025 | 15 replies
Quote from @Brandon Croucier: Hi Kathy, at the end of the day the mortgage industry is so vast & wide it's essentially like trying to navigate the Sahara Desert.I highly recommend working with an experienced mortgage broker who knows the ins and outs of the industry to place you into the most competitive product for you.More times than not, people save money working with a small shop broker.Kathy,I wanted to revisit this to offer a a tad bit more and Brandon above is correct.
Ethan Gallant
Beginner looking to BRRRR in Canada
24 January 2025 | 5 replies
I am a 24 year old who's employed in the CAF and looking to getting into real estate, more specifically BRRRR.After looking online for quite some time I've noticed how high Canadian real estate is and I wonder if it is even worth getting into.
Jose Martinez
32 Rentals – What’s Next?
27 January 2025 | 8 replies
Consider offloading an underperformer, or a high equity property and getting better, larger or more assets.
Chris Magistrado
Do Real Estate Agents work Remote?
23 January 2025 | 9 replies
This could be just specific to the real estate industry, but in both recruiting and cybersecurity consultants (hackers for hire), the ones that start their own business/consultancy, are the ones who after spending 2 years (usually exactly 2 years which is when recruiters will message them), the high performer will either 1.
Briar Blake
Property Managers Violated Contract
25 January 2025 | 13 replies
We pay $850 for a WH install, so, that seems high but you are in CA.
Account Closed
Thoughts on using cash or HELOC for down payment on investment property
7 January 2025 | 1 reply
Hi BP community - I'm an investor with 3 SFHs in the Nashville area looking to acquire my first small multifamily property (2-4 units).I'm trying to determine the best approach for the 25% downpayment, comparing using cash that is currently sitting in a high yield savings account to funds from a HELOC on one of my properties.
Ryan Crowley
Pay off mortgage and snowball?
19 January 2025 | 61 replies
Risk entails everything from lawsuits to lack of diversity in investments to low rates of return to high exposure to vacancy (more units theoretically lowers vacancy exposure).
Chris Steinman
Rent or sale and new location
16 January 2025 | 1 reply
Before bigger pockets moved the rent estimator to pro users only it estimated rent to be around $975 I don't know or have anything to go by but I thought that was high.
Evan Haas
New to the forum, hoping to get started with a multi-family
16 January 2025 | 11 replies
Even though interest rates are high, we have a big Mircron plant coming here as part of the CHIPS act so that could boost housing demand in the coming years.I don't know the SYR market, but I did a quick search for duplexes somewhat outside of the city, and found this: https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/7300-Lakes....
Maya Cohen
Cost per sq for SFH & MFH - 2025 estimates?
22 January 2025 | 4 replies
I think you can go as high as 15% but it's cutting into your margins and depends if you are a GC yourself or not. 150k is close to a million or more.