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Hi,While purchasing property should I add property taxes and insurance in monthly payment and let escrow handle that or pay once a year?Which will be beneficial?ThanksNeetu
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I am a veteran, and would like to save my "first time home buyer" benefits. If I purchase homes to flip through my LLC would I lose those benefits?
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This is my first time investing so I am a total newbie. I have been presented an opportunity from a landlord that is older and way behind on his property taxes. He has listed his three duplexes on mls for 170K. Since ...
Hi all,I am from Fremont, CA and want to get started in investing in buy and hold properties.I have read lot of posts on BP and done research of my own. I have explored areas like Sacramento, Stockton etc but I feel ...
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I am really curious about the Alabama market. In particular, why do renters rent for $800/month in Birmingham or Montgomery when they could get a mortgage for $200/month??Also, why is there no appreciation in those ma...
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Hey BP Family,Can a regular bank loan be used to buy RE in cash or is that frowned upon?Thanks,Lisa
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Hey Everyone! I am looking to find people who are facing foreclosure and have a little mortgage left or owe back taxes and may be in pre-foreclosure due to that, and possibly buy their house with seller financing. I k...
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I am looking at buying a property in the Jupiter or Palm Beach Gardens area. I have a preapproval for a doctors loan of 400k with 0% down and an APR of 4.569% no PMI. Currently I'm paying 2000 a month in rent in a bad...
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I don't have the cash for my 1st property I'd like to purchase as a holding. The house is next door and I have been in it. The only thing that NEEDS to be done is a new kitchen. Homepath is requesting a 20% down pa...
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I'll keep this short. I'm purchasing a property from a fried in Illinois (Cook County) using seller financing. Purchase Price: $54kDown Payment: $10k at closing, $3k in 6 monthsTerms: Remaining $41k amortized over 30 ...