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1. What counts as income? Are bonuses included?Home Ready and Home Possible have Avg Median Income limits (Philadelphia $84K)- I meet this requirement if I don't include bonuses (from referrals and perform...
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I'm new to BiggerPockets and have not done my first long term rental deal yet. While listening to the podcast, I keep hearing people say you are doing well if you are "breaking even" on a long term rental year 1 with...
Hello Everyone, We are very interested in using the Homestyle Renovation loan when purchasing our next home. Our question is, can the cost of hiring an Interior Designer and Architect be included in this loan?
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I am a little confused about calculating return on investment. Is debt paydown counted towards return on investment? For example, lets say I buy a house for $10,000 down and make $1,000 after expenses and mortgage pay...
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when i have watched videos about the 50% rule. why does he always include taxes into the expenses part, then he subtracts the mortgage from the other half which includes the taxes again. Or is he calculating the mort...
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I was renovating an investment property in the Boston-Edison area of Detroit that unfortunately caught on fire. Sad. It was now without a roof and with lots water damage from the fire department's great efforts to pu...
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Is a mortgage covered through your property taxes?
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When buying a fourplex that has one water heater and one meter for electricity. What's the best approach, should we put in separate meters? How to address one water heater? Thanks in advance for feedback.
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View reportGood Deal? please help me analyze. any feedback is helpful!
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I am putting in a offer on my first potential investment property on Monday. I will be hopefully owner occupying a tri-plex in CT. Is it a good idea to submit a personal letter/picture with the offer? If so, what kind...