Here is an article by Don Layton: Senior Industry Fellow at Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University: "The extraordinary and unexpected pandemic increase in house prices: causes and implications" Click h...
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I just noticed today that the interest rates on conventional mortgages went up by 25 basis points. In what ways will rising interest rates impact Real Estate investing? Should there be any concern for those that don't...
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For all you potential (and current) house-hackers out there - Freddie Mac announced recently that they are expanding their lending guidelines for conventional mortgages to allow rental income from Accessory Dwelling U...
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I am sure this is nothing new here at BP, but thought I would post up to get any feedback on my thoughts.
I was locating owner names on my local tax appraiser website after I had just come back from "driving for doll...
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Recently an acquaintance shared with me an interesting analogy of buying a used piece of electronics. "Do you want to buy that at a garage sale being sold directly by the owner, or would you rather buy it in a store,...
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What up BP! I just bought a vacant lot and am building a house which I will be moving into in 4 months. Need to decide to either sell my current home and use the equity to purchase other rentals or keep it as a rental...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Jacksonville.
Purchase price: $190,000
Cash invested: $10,000
Bought this home before either my wife or myself was interested in ...
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A CPA friend and I want to form a limited partnership. He has a great credit score and offers it for me to acquire an unsecured Line of Credit that I will use for earnest money deposit and soft costs associated with t...
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So, early October my wife and I purchased our first four unit property. We are house hacking. Two of the four units are occupied by us, mostly so we can renovate them and the other two units are rented out. We’d like ...
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Hi Bigger Pockets - Thanks in advance for any support, I am huge fan of the forums & podcast. I am a 25 year old engineer who just purchased my first home in the Minneapolis area. My goal for this home is to be a ...