Maria Osokina
House Hacking Minimum Deal Requirements
Hello Bigger Pockets!My wife and I are budding real estate investors, and for our first deal we're working on a house hack. We live in the Midwest where prices are reasonable, so a multifamily makes sense. We're earl...
Dan K.
Going from a fourplex to a five unit - financing
Hi there! I have a 4 plex financed with conventional mortgage. I am thinking about adding a fifth basement unit down the road. Could I refi using a commercial loan BEFORE I do this, or do i add the fifth unit and th...
Qais Attarwala
Help with rezoning residential duplex into commercial property
I have a duplex in Rosewood, Columbia SC and I spoke with the City of Columbia zoning to ask if I can add an additional unit to the property. They said that my parcel of land can hold a max of 3 units so I can either ...
Arthur C.
Real Estate Taxes - Capital Gains Event in Exchange of Our Units
Can someone with lots of familiarity in real estate taxes confirm whether or not it would trigger capital gains when my co-business partner and I exchanged our 50% interest in each of our respective unit of the new tw...
Brandon C.
Building Multifamilies in Colorado
Hi all! As the multifamily supply is so scarce in Colorado, I was looking for creative ways to buy my first house hacked MFR.
Does anyone have experience with building/buying/selling MFR's in Denver/Boulder/Ft Colli...
Simon Wold
Searching For The "Golden Market"
I have been looking for multifamily buildings that I can perform the BRRRR strategy on in my hometown of Seattle, WA. Unfortunately, I haven't had any luck finding a deal that even remotely makes sense. It has been...
Mark Kurian
Refinance and Rent or Flip?
Hi All,I'm currently buying a property for about 300k (putting down 25% with an interest rate of about 5.3%). It's a 2 family and both units are currently rented out below market (at about 1,100 and 1,500). The mortga...
Rodolfo Diaz
Paying "Rent" as an Owner
Does it ever make sense to pay "rent" in a multifamily in which you are an owner/occupant? I am curious how an owner-occupied unit shows a rent history if the owner does not pay rent.Is there ever a business justifica...
Shiloh Lewis
Rental Property Financing Options
Hi all, I was hoping for some help to decide if it may be a better option to use a hard money loan or an FHA to acquire my first rental property. My goal is to buy and hold for cash flow by purchasing 2-4 unit propert...
Joshua Lidberg
Maximizing FHA loan profit.
Since you are able to carry only 1 FHA loan at a time, I thought that it would be reasonable to maximize its potential. I will briefly describe what I am referring to. Through an FHA loan, you are permitted to purchas...