I'm not super familiar with the bigger pockets calculator but I've "back of the napkin" calculated a lot of properties.

Hi, Bigger Pockets!

If anyone has advice for the AZ market or best ways to find solid pocket deals for fixers that are in good locations in the AZ market, please let me know.

I'm very excited to introduce myself to the Bigger Pockets community.My name is Pete Stevenson and my wife and I recently moved to Boise, Idaho after completing a 16-month road trip from Seattle, WA to the tip of South America.As we settle into our new lives in the USA, we are in the learning phase of real estate investment, soaking up as much new information as possible and preparing for our first deal.

As always there are good pockets in area's that most investors haven't discovered yet (like Lowell) but these area's are where I would look if I were you.  

I have set up the loan on an escalating interest rate as follows:Months 1-5 = 8%Month 6 = 9%Months 7-9 = 10%Months 10-12 = 12%It is a 12 month loan with a balloon at the end for payoff or I get the collateral (with any improvements made at rehabber's expense). 100% of the loan amount is going to the purchase price, flipper is paying rehab costs out of pocket.

Sandy Hu in those areas you will need deep pockets.

I really need your input, Bigger Pockets people, and appreciate it very much.

So from what I hear on the bigger pockets podcast I am supposed to be really nervous about it.

Hello Bigger Pockets,    I'm looking for tax planning advice for starting out and I want to jump into both fix and flip and rental.