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Elijah Wichers Is using PMI good for real-estate investors to lower down payment
31 July 2022 | 53 replies
@Rajesh Mittal - it is definitely easier to start this at 23-24 when you do not have a family or tied to any school system/location with no family to worry about.
Christian Espana 1031 or hold due to low interest rate( 3.375 / 20 year)?
3 June 2021 | 13 replies
Just some items to think about if you haven't already.Another note, if the tenant isn't still tied to a long term lease, it *could* be more favorable to a buyer and you may end up with a higher sales price.
Andy X. conventional 3% DP - catch 22?
30 May 2021 | 1 reply
If I were putting a low percentage down on a primary I might be looking for other ways to add value to the property with the remaining capital. 
Nicholas Negreiros How does one know who will pay for utilities?
31 May 2021 | 4 replies
Often water is tied to the homeowner, things like electricity is with the occupant.You don't want to include utilities in the rent as the tenants typically don't think/care about usage resulting in high water bills as they aren't paying for extras.
Sean Ezeamama New Philly Triplex, newbie impatience or bad decision?
7 June 2021 | 22 replies
Marketing I've done: Listed property w/ local property managers - they post on MLS and syndicates to Zillow, apts.com and craigslistI'm posting myself in off-campus forums and forwarding qualified applicants to property managers for showings April 15-30th (when I didn't have the property managers)8-10 showings mostly off Zillow/FB~3 Applications0 qualified renters/0 tenants bookedMay Stats:9 or 10 showings 4 applications1 tenant booked in unit #1There are 2 remaining units, unit 2 and 3, which were initially priced higher than unit #1 because they are slightly larger -- That said, I'm thinking that I reduce prices and take advantage of the higher demand in the coming months...Does this answer your question?
Chai Jonn HELOC on Rental Property in Phoenix
7 June 2021 | 5 replies
My wife and I ReFi'd our rental into a 1st position Line of Credit that's tied to a zero balance sweep checking account.
Eliza Alexa Cashing out in this seller's market...what to do with the Ca$h?
31 May 2021 | 11 replies
(You get 75% but save about 25% in taxes.) better to have money tied up in equity than given away to the government.
Sandra Helena Holtz Ivarsson Prepping for firing my property management
2 June 2021 | 13 replies
There is probably a termination clause, usually 100% of the remaining dues. 
Nathan Gustafson Arizona Hard Money Advice
1 June 2021 | 2 replies
@Nathan GustafsonWith regards to HML recommendations, you can use the 'Network' tab on BiggerPockets to search a list of reputable HMLs.With regards to the downpayment, @Brett Tvenge provided some solid info.A reasonable expectation when using an HML is for them to provide 80-90% LTC, or 80-90% of the total project costs with you bringing the remaining 10-20% of the project costs to closing.Best,Michael
Corey Lyons House Hacking Expensive Markets
3 June 2021 | 41 replies
If we went with traditional investor financing were probably looking at tying up at least 60k just to purchase the property, not to mention the rebuild costs.