Being new to real estate investing, I have been learning all aspects of the business.  And when it comes to financing I have learned many things.  Recently I have been introduced to 203K mortgages and was reaching out...

While the 1% and 50% rules are widely used by people of varying levels of experience, they're just guidelines that aren't a hard and fast rule. I know in my market for example that 1% is insufficient, I need closer to...

Hey fellow real estate investors!!I'm new to BiggerPockets. I've been listening to the podcast for a few years but just now joining the community. Disappointed I didn't get online and get active earlier!! I love how m...

Hi BP,I am currently based in the Greater Boston area, considered by many reports to be the second most unaffordable real estate market in the country. Just like anywhere, finding deals isn't easy, but the question I ...

Hi all!I'm curious about the difference between VA loan and conventional loan when it comes to house hacking in a 3 or 4 plex. I'm more interested in the actual act of borrowing, not so much the numbers involved with ...

I can get a total of 200K out of my rentals right now. With cash on hand I'd have about 300K to invest when the opportunity arises. This would finally put the equity in my King County, WA area houses to good use. Thin...

O.k i've been lurking and posting here over a year now but im a little nervous about taking the plunge. Heres my situation, i have 45k, terrible credit, monthly income of 3500 as of april 08 (new job). My thought wa...

Hey there BP community, I have been in real estate in one way or another my whole life. I owned a remodeling business for over 10yrs and for the past 10yrs I've been working as an HVAC technician. While still doing so...

Hi everyone,I'm hoping someone can help me with this as I've tried to figure out this game by myself to no avail.I have a project I'm looking at that's 80 units, vacant and needs a full gut rehab. I can get really fan...