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2nd time in the forum asking a "Get Started" question.My girlfriend and I (soon to be married) own our current home and are 3 years into our 30 year on a 3.75% rate. Between appreciation and our payments we have 50K-7...
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I am new to the real estate world and my current situation is as follows: I have 20k currently saved and am expecting to save another 8-10k by the beginning the end of May. I project that I will be able to save roughl...
I MUST move. Emergency situation. Needs 2 b in a year. 18 months tops. I have a primary and a rental. Pretty much broke. My plan is to pull $ out the rental and refinance it into a conventional. And refinance my prim...
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I know several BPers use some form of permanent life insurance to help their investing. I'm just looking into it and getting a lot of negative feedback from non-investors.My brother has said things along the lines of...
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Hello Everyone!My name is Bruce and I am an aspiring investor from the Rochester area. I hope to, someday, be able to achieve financial freedom through real estate. I have a long way to go but I’m hoping to start my j...
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I am trying to think of the best scenario to get maximum tax benefit for rental property in the following scenario.
Say that I have a house that is paid off and I want to convert it to rental property. If I take cas...
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Hello All,I have significant amount of equity built into a Investment property SFH in Phoenix. I was wondering what are my options to use the equity for downpaynent for another rental house? I hear HELOC, HELOC intere...
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I recently purchased 2 rental properties that are cash flowing very well. I bought them both outright with cash from my savings. The problem is that it took up about 60% of my savings and there are so many great de...
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Hello all, I currently plan on house-hacking my first property within the next year or as soon as I can. I will be moving to either Austin or San Antonio, depending on which is a better fit. I am currently working ove...
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I apologize for the long post but I was hoping to get some opinions and advice from some other investors.I am very new to the investment game, I have been saving for years and last year I bit the bullet and purchased ...