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Hello everyone. I am a rookie working towards my first deal. I am trying to learn more about private lending. The high interest rates have always scared me but do they lend for less than 20% down?
Any tricks of the trade for getting money to cover your 20% down payments? Please don’t say get a job or save money lol. Cash runs out quick with 20% down, just wondering if you can shed any light on something that...
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Hello Bigger Pockets! I have enjoyed listening to the podcast and I'm excited to be a member of the community. I have been building new homes as well as remodeling and adding onto existing homes in the Atlanta ar...
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Greetings from Southern NJ! It seems I stumbled across a REAL gold mine when I found the Bigger Pockets site.
I'm 44 and my wife and I own 3 Properties and are partners on 2 others with her brother.
We...
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My partner and I are starting a short term rental business. We are struggling with determining the cost associated with furnishing properties. Any tips would be much appreciated.
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I recently moved back to San Antonio, TX after serving one term in the Army. My wife and I are looking into buying a single family home and want to house hack by renting out a few rooms to minimize the mortgage. My on...
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Hello all,My wife and I live in Orange County CA and we are looking into purchasing an investment property out of state. We like Austin TX because we are big music lovers, and it seems like Austin TX just keeps growi...
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I'm really thinking about using my manager as my real estate agent. He has a lot of experience (5+) year managing. Plus he's by far the best manager I've had, I want to reward him with a nice commission.However...He t...
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I recently read a post touting how using a property manager is better than managing ones own properties based on a property managers skill level and experience. But I am of the belief that once an investor gets to a c...
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My name is Jack Malace and currently I am working to build an online presence for my father's spec building company in Central Oregon, Malace Homes.He currently has a website and facebook account that are not frequent...