The rule I use is to double the money after five years in case you need to sell.Meaning, with your initial investment of 132k (down payment plus initial closing costs), and considering an additional 5% closing fee of the home’s value when you sell (roughly another 30k for agent and lawyer fees), your total upfront cost plus closing on sale would be around 162k.

While both are dependent on the bank / lender, getting a HELOC on an owner occupied loan is more feasible than getting one on an investment property.

Data Transfers in Cross-Border Real Estate Transactions:In an increasingly globalized market, cross-border real estate transactions are more common, especially in the commercial sector.

Hello Bigger Pockets folks,I’m an early career professional mechanical engineer (~8 years) hoping to learn the ways of real estate investing and make the ultimate pivot.

If you are an expert in using rental property calculators and can help me discern which one might be the most accurate, please let me know.

Transparency, I thought I would never be able to afford Alexandria either.We showed up to Old Town Alexandria and started renting. 4 months later we found an affordable house in Woodbridge we could get into for a year with low down, then rent it, in the mean time we recoup the capital from our other 2 properties to go buy again after that 12 months.

I have found an off market multi family property I think I could get a good deal but I noticed the quit claim deed when doing research and was wondering what the down sides could be? 

Tax benefits are great, and the ability to extract equity without selling is very beneficial when trying to scale.You don't have to BRRRR, you an always buy an apartment, fix it and flip it.

I am willing to manage it on my own.If I sell, I can put it in an index fund or towards my current primary residence mortgage with an interest rate of 6.125%.

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