Good Afternoon!!I was told by a lender that in order to use potential renter income on a 4-plex with a VA Loan, I would need to have two years of property management experience which is shown via a form that is filed ...

I love maxing out our tax-advantaged accounts (my 401k at work and Roth IRAs for my wife and myself).  Usually we have a few thousand dollars each year to invest after we max out these accounts (and it usually just go...

Hello BP,I have recently been trying to pre-qualify for a mortgage on a second home. I want to find a way to get around the requirement of having rental income on Schedule E for 2 years in order to use it as income to...

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

I had a blast writing my Diary of a New Construction Project thread, and the feedback I got from that was great. So, I've decided to try another one...this time tracking and discussing the ongoing saga of a renta...

Let me start by qualifying the title of this post with a couple statements. First, I’m not talking about your neighborhood specifically, although given a long enough period the title is likely to be very close to app...

I want to build equity with my primary home as soon as possible. And I came across a method using HELOC to reduce the interest paid to the mortgage. Does any one have experience with it?

Hello, looking for some advice about how to use my rental home as collateral for a down payment on a primary residence.
The rental we own is in Missouri, worth about $120k, and we own it free and clear.  We also own ...

To take posession prior to a closing and use the rental payments (on a multi-family) as the down payment.. this would probably not work if there was a real estae agent involved would it? For it to be doable it would h...

So basically I'm trying to get approved for a 3% down loan on a house, it was all going good until my work notified the bank telling them that since I wont be having overtime or bonuses in the future, that I wont be a...