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Hey there, BiggerPocketeers!I'm looking for feedback about the ability to use short term rental income to help qualify for a mortgage. Would you be interested in taking this short survey ?
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Hello everybody. I'm looking for advice and contacts regarding my desire to make a career change.BackgroundI've been working as a construction laborer intermittent with doing real estate investing and other business p...
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cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...
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Hi All,This is my first post. I have set a goal to buy my first house by the end of the year, preferably by the end of the Summer. I have good credit and a credit card with a relatively high limit. I'm already pre-app...
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Responses to a recent poll indicated a sentiment among the BP audience that suggests that members of this forum believe that rates are going to decline over the course of 2023.
I do not believe this, and want to mak...
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Hello everybody, I'm a first time investor looking to get into rental properties. I live in Northern California at the moment. Recently I was contacted by a lending company from Los Angeles. I believe the company name...
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I have a guy wanting some cash. He proposed the following:1.We get blanket loan of $150,000 - $200,000, net out 2 pts up front, 12% interest from day received at title2.Money is in title company and interest starts da...
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I have a dilemma.
I am thinking about buying my first investment property, a multifamily complex or duplex/triplex (up to 500-550k). Thinking about picking between Cincinnati, Cape Coral, Albuquerque, San Antonio. Do...