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We are in the process of buying our first investment property. We aren't going to do this as a regular thing. Our situation is that we wanted to purchase a home in the area we want to move to in a couple of years and ...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $450,000
Cash invested: $10,000
First short term rental investment! Extremely unique house shaped like a lig...
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HiI’m still learning about Hard money loans... so my question is how fast can someone get a hard money loan? I had someone ask me if I knew of a hard Money Lender for a deal that’s closing in 11 days.
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I own a home valued at 400k with 230k on a 30 year fixed FHA. Our debt to income ratio is too high due to student loans and a few credit cards hence the FHA. Also my credit score is not great right now due to some l...
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Hi BP,So went and did our first Multi Family walkthrough after reading ALL the BP books as well as david greene's long distance RE investing book and reading that about 3 times over! Learned a lot in the process. Firs...
Hi all,I just put a property under contract and I want to know if what you think I'm asking for is crazy...We'll start with the perks:1. The apartment is in an up and coming city of North Carolina named Hickory. It's ...
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Dear BP Indianapolis Real Estate Community,I would be interested to hear if anyone has a view/opinion (pro or con) on this week's article in the Indianapolis Business Journal (see below), which asserts that the neighb...
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I finally did it! Was able to close on my first deal without any equity partners! What an awesome feeling it is today, now that the closing is official, but wow was it a bumpy road to the finish line.I have been a par...
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I have always had the idea of owning a vacation rental in a small but popular mountain town near where I live. Just curious at what other people's returns are typically because according to airdna this town says its a...
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I want to give you one of my hacks that will help you beat out the competition and close on a deal sometimes for even less than your competition.
There is a section you can add to a contract called Escrow holdback. ...