Karim Talbot
Buying rental with cash vs financing.
First time getting into REI and my current plan is to buy with cash. Is that generally not a great idea?
Right now if I keep $340k in the bank at 4.5% I would earn $15471 in interest in a year.
If I use that...
Albert Vanek
New Member - International Investor Looking to Buy in Florida (Tampa area)
Hi everyone!
I'm excited to join the BiggerPockets community. I'm Albert, an international investor based in Prague, Europe. While I already own some properties in Europe, this year marks my first foray into the US m...
Brad T.
Hard Money Loan to Conventional Loan Strategy
Hi Everyone,
I have been listening to the podcasts from Lifestyles Unlimited. Their main strategy for buy and hold is to purchase houses and fix them up with a hard money loan and then convert the loan int...
Account Closed
This is getting confusing, HUD offer
So there is an hud home that we have put 5 bids on. The home was priced 108k and we put our first offer in low, we kept coming up and they told us is the minimum net would be 75,600. We saw the price had dropped at...
DJ Dauphin
New to real estate
Hey I'm new to the real estate and I'm looking to do my first deal within the next few months. Pursuing flipping houses, buy and hold, and mainly building equity through leasing. I'm located in the southern part of Lo...
Zach Wain
How to bypass DSCR and get a conventional loan!
DSCR loans are a fantastic tool for investors and can help them add rental properties when there is not enough qualifying income to get a conventional loan. But, as a Mortgage Broker we look for any and all ways to s...
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Using Land Trust "Just another strategy for investors
Using Land Trust "Just another strategy for investors"
Its uses are:
To control or purchase real estate
To protect confidentiality
To limit liability
To help with "DOS" clauses in some cases
Land trusts have been use...
Brett McManus
First House Hack Done! Getting PAID TO CLOSE 8 mo. out of College
Goal of Post:In writing this post I am hoping to inspire and provide actionable next steps for the many individuals I see like myself, who are recent college graduates with ambition over the moon, yet are strapped by...
Nathan Grubb
Electric Stove/Oven Recommendations?
I have a tenant moving out of an upper unit and a new one moving in shortly. The unit is a classic "attic apartment" and has sloped ceilings. Currently, it has a gas stove which was there when I bought the house. Pers...
Ted Harris
Did Foreigners Cause America's Financial Crisis?
Interesting TIME article about root cause of the US financial crisis .... not sure I agree but put a different spin on what I've read and believed before:
"There is no doubt that the pressure on the U.S. financial sy...