James Park
Metropolitan Statistical Area - Cities that are losing population.
Below are the list of the MSA cities that have lost population from 2010 - 2014. Cleveland, OH is ranked last at 382 with the largest population outflow between this time frame. As a buy and hold investor you want put...
Frank Agyeman-Duah
Lender about to decline my loan
I recently refinanced my primary home and switched it into a conventional loan after living there for a year. I had also refinanced a prior house that I purchased in 2016 into a conventional loan. I currently have...
Max M.
Avoiding obnoxiousness: Do your procedures/systems for contacting internet FSBO/landlord ads include avoiding/controlling contacting them repeatedly?
I just can't get this little nitpick out of my head before I start trying to push big marketing numbersLet's say you're doing (or your VA/staff is doing) your Craigslist/etc. internet marketing procedure looking for h...
Johnell Jones
Using 401K to purchase first property
I plan on using a portion of my 401k (50,000) as a down payment on my first property. I can't take a loan or hardship because this is from a previous employer. And my current job doesn't accept rollovers. I know I wil...
Daniel Fisher
What contingencies or "subject to" do you use?
Hey all,I am curious to get some feedback regarding contingencies used when BP members are making offers for property.What contingencies do you use and why? Does it change based on your strategy (Buy and Hold or pure...
James H.
Mortgage interest rate changes
Well, its taken about 4 to 5 years for interest rates to drop about 3 percent, so roughly .75 percent per year. How fast do you thinnk they will rise? How fast can they rise? I am not well versed on what happened in t...
Jason Bruning
15 vs 30 year loans
Hey BP Family,
I am contemplating a 15 vs 30 year mortgage on my first investment property. The difference in the mortgage payment is a few hundred dollars but saves me a lot of money in interest over the additional ...
Sylvia Krivickova
Most Accurate Rent Estimator
Between BiggerPockets estimator and Propstream, which rent estimator do you find most accurate? Or are they pulling from the same data source? (I saw a 2 year old post on this but wondering what' the most accurate today)
Theresa Holl
What will that property cost you?
Hey everyone- a friend of mine is looking for feedback/beta users for a tool that calculates the long term cost of any property you're evaluating in minutes. His idea is to help people analyze long term costs faster ...
Chris Ross
Delayed Financing/cash out refi lenders for Memphis SFR
Hello, I’m going to be closing on my first SFR investment property soon via an all cash deal. After closing I’d like to do a delayed finance to use the cash for a second property. The property is in Memphis TN. I ...