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I recently posted "Cap Rate Is Not Your Return" and had some really interesting conversations from it. One I wanted to bring up as a separate post is how cap rate is used in commercial real estate investing verses re...
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Hi I just had my offer accepted for my first duplex! I plan to house hack. I'm getting a home inspection, radon testing, and a sewer line inspection. Do investors typically get all of these inspections or is this over...
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We have been preapproved through Chase bank and just recently had an offer we submitted on a house accepted. Is it too late to shop around for mortgage rates (20 year conventional/ 20% down)? Will we find a signific...
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Hey all, so in the midst of trying to purchase our first home. Long story short, we put an offer in on a house that we saw the day it was listed. We offered asking price with 3.5% assist. They went with an offer th...
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What is an acceptable minimum amount of annual cash flow for a SFR that's free and clear?
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Hello, I am looking for a private lender that is willing to take on long term loans. I am covered as far as my fix and flips/construction right now but they aren't willing to take on longer term loans currently. If yo...
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Our offer got accepted on a duplex this past weekend. The rate we were told was 5.5%, and that's with paying an additional 3,535 at closing to reduce it to that. This seems high. Are other people seeing similar number...
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Seller concession, or no seller concession? That is a question.
What is a seller's concession, some may ask?
A seller's concession is a portion of the transaction that the buyer finances, with permission from the ...
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Hi Bigger Pockets Community, I have a business partner who wants to partner with me in buying a rental single-family home, however he has cash but no credit and i have credit but no cash. How would you suggest doing a...
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After self-managing for +6 yrs. I have officially hired my dad who loves it (believe it or not)! In the Cleveland Market, I am having other investors/friends/colleagues reach out on property management. Outside of t...