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Long time podcast listener. Recent action-taker. ;)My spouse and I recently agreed to take a more strategic approach to purchasing a home than just buying in the best school district in the Seattle area. We’ve agreed ...
Hi there,I am new to
rental property investing. I came to a realization that it doesn't make financial sense to buy a home in the city I am in due to high prices here. I am considering investing in rental
properties...
Hello,My wife and I are contemplating doing a STR in Maui. We have done some preliminary research on AirDNA.co and it looks like Napili region is strong at the moment. There are some older properties there we'd consid...
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I owe 110,000 on our personal residents that was just appraised at 260,000. Now I'm new so this might be a silly question but here it is. If I took out a heloc on 80 percent of the 150,000 now and the housing market d...
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Hi All,My name is Karen and I'm currently in the Bay Area. I haven't really dabbled in real estate but have been doing a lot of research lately and decided that real estate investing is a path I really want to explore...
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Hello! My name is Lynn and I am new to Bigger Pockets. I'm in the midst of educating myself on real estate investing and my goal is to pursue rentals and flips close to my home in the Chicago suburbs. I figured in a f...
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Hello everyone!I'm new to BP and very excited that I found this forum. I reside in Orange County, CA and have been looking for the past couple months for rental properties that has positive cash flow and I plan to buy...
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My mom passed away tragically and unexpectedly in April 2017. She has a home in Riverside, CA worth approx 510k and approx 330k is still owed on the mortgage. My 2 Brothers have been living there since she passe...
Hi,As a first time home buyer, I want to learn and experience real estate so I would like to buy a duplex to gain experience as a landlord and get familiar with the processes. I found that most of recommendations to b...
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My name is Alex and my wife's name is Jessica. We have been talking about investing in real estate for a couple of years. Really, coming on here, reading books on real estate, and joining some of the free webinars is ...