Looking for some advice folks! In short: When is it best to pay a PMI vs taking out a cash-out-refi to meet the 20% downpayment requirement? --Renting such an apt/home would be over $3000/mo in our high colo area. I'm...
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Investors - I am gearing up for my first Real Estate Fund and have a quick question that will influence how I proceed. Would you be more or less likely to invest in a pooled fund with no control over hand picking part...
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Hi All,Investor in the Baltimore area here looking to get into the new building world. We recently had a company open called blueprint robotics that does custom construction in a factory setting like a pre-fab manufac...
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I have noticed that working with private lending companies there is a lot of red tape/requirements that dont really let you present your offer as a cash offer or require 3-4 weeks to close, which is not feasible in or...
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I am currently house hacking my single family home in the Midlothian, VA market. I have been doing this for almost a year now and am eager to get my second deal. Due to the increased prices of single family homes in m...
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I have a nephew graduating from college and relocating to my area. I’m thinking about buying another 2-4 unit multi family building with him on the loan and him occupying 1 unit so we can use an FHA 3.5% loan. I wil...
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Hello to all..How do you or should you incorporate reserve funds into the APOD when figuring out what a property is worth? Since technically it is not an expense (at least I believe not) but a capital investment that...
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hello everyone, i'm a beginning investor and i need some help/advice on putting this deal together.
well anyway here is my story, just the other day i found a vacant run down boarded up house in a good neighborhood (...
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Has anyone successfully submitted a pre-auction foreclosure offer to homesearch and won? I would like to submit an offer at my max price and hopefully get it under contract before it hits auction but I have 2 question...
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Hello all, new to BP and have been hooked for over a week. So I’m considering getting a 2nd property.
I make a little over 50k per year, with a credit score of over 700 and I have a VA disability benefit....