Andrew L.
Should I take out loan against my stocks for down payment?
Hi, I am a first time homebuyer and would like to buy a primary home for myself. However, I am stock-rich, cash-poor. So I've been looking for ways to get around capital gains tax from my stock portfolio. I did a quic...
Josiah Rich
FHA Loans For Multi-Unit Investing
I would like to know how to use an FHA loan to buy a multi-unit property and how to get the 20% down payment for a property of about $599,999.00?
Thank You,
Kevin Janssen
Tenants who have dogs
I'm going to be leasing the unit of a duplex I am currently living in as I just bought a 4-plex i'll be moving into. My Duplex has a nicely fenced in backyard and my girlfriend asked if i'd consider leasing to someon...
Matt Liu
Using an uninsured/unlicensed handyman
Is it really that bad to use an unlicensed/uninsured handyman for work on my rental property if I have good insurance?
My property manager is giving me grief because I am trying to hire cheaper guys for thing...
J Val
Looking to Network With Other Investors
Hi, my husband and I are going to invest in STR vacation property either in Palm Springs or Big Bear. We’d like to network with other people already doing it to learn from and with people just starting out like us to ...
Paul Ellerbusch
LLCs: is an operating company enough?
I am a new real estate investor and I am closing on my first duplex in Milwaukee, WI this month. I took out a conventional mortgage (30yr/3.125%) and the property is will be held in my own name. I am trying to incorp...
Nikki Kofkin
How does my planned first investment strategy sound?
Hey everyone, I've been in an analysis paralysis for over a year, but I'm finally ready to make my first investment. The first of two questions I have is how does my investment strategy sounds to more experienced inve...
Lane Forhetz
Insane contractor that won't take payment or give lien waiver
Hello All,I am in need of some assistance in figuring out this absurd issue. I had a plumbing contractor do some work for me and paid him 50% for 50% completion. He continued the work another 25% and didn't do a good ...
Andrew Pandolfino
Family loan to LLC for all cash rental purchase and refinancing
Hello BP community, I have a bit of a tricky situation and am hoping to get some advice on how to best proceed with my first real estate transaction. I have recently put an offer on a multifamily property that I had ...
Corbett Brasington
Hard lender wants "good faith deposit" after EM paid... red flag?
So I am buying a property through a wholesaler, I already put down 7k of earnest money on the property, a hard money lender who I am working with (and got from the bigger pockets lists) asked for a "Good Faith Deposit...