I have a SFH built in 1998, 4 bed, 2 bath, 3 car garage, single story in excellent condition in Antelope, CA. I owe $140K (Originally paid $175K in 2011) the ballpark market value right now is $420K ($280K spread). My...

Hello everyone this is my first post and I am new to the BP community. In a few months my girlfriend and I want to buy our first home and we wanted to buy a multi family unit and do a house hack.

After talking to so...

I plan on moving back to the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area beginning in 2017, and am not sure yet where the best place to move will be.  Because I can start wherever (as long as I can commute to D.C. ) I would lik...

Hi, House hacker here. I've got a tenant who wants to add her boyfriend to basement studio apt. It is currently only her on the lease. I am not opposed to allowing him to move in down there, however want to protect my...

Pre-foreclosure or tired landlord?

I've been reading a lot on BP lately about leases and I feel the one that my tenant signed 2 years ago is sufficient but weak.  I really want to bone up my leases and be sure that it's air (legally)tight.  After the f...

Hi guys, any Oahu / Hawaii experts out there?  I'm currently looking into potential rental properties out there.  I used the Bigger Pockets Rental Property Analysis Calculator to run the numbers on a place and was cur...

Volatile interest rates today due to the consumer inflation index report. The Federal Reserve's target has been 2% inflation and it is currently at 3.5% for the year. As many of you many already know, the Fed was orig...

If I get balance transfer from 3 cards totally $30K and then add up my personal savings of  $30K , totaling $60K to make a 20% downpayment for $300K rental investment.Does banks have problem providing mortgage loans ?...

Hellllllooo BP!! Anyone in town that has experience dealing with Section 8 tenants? Doing some due diligence on my first small multifamily and would love to "borrow" some knowledge of those of you more adept with navi...