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Hello, I just bought my first property in Fort Collins, Colorado with a 3% down payment conventional loan. I am wondering what kind of strategies I can use to hit that 20% LTV the fastest?I am going to rent out two of...
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Excited to provide this month's update. At the beginning of January, Brian Burke started a thread titled "It's 2018. Whatcha gonna do about it?" In an effort to keep myself accountable to the goals I set in Brian's th...
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I have a now former tenant that I didn't renew her lease because of the condition of the apartment. She has vacated the property -- which I'm thankful for -- but left lots of damage on the way out. Door in the basem...
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I know we beat the horse to death in the last post, https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/756/topics/788980-lets-beat-this-dead-horseLot of you shared about what's stopping them take their next step or start investing...
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Hello everyone,So I am currently looking at a house that is a 2 family listed around $600k. I have ran comps and my investing metrics and the property seems like a decent investment if I can get it around 520k I’m con...
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Hello!
I've been a SFH investor for about 2.5 years now with only one location/door. I had to put a pause button on saving for real estate investments while my wife was not working. But now we're back at it. My goal ...
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The Fair housing Act is a federal law that gives you everything that you need to stay profitable in your rentals, make affordable housing, and give people a leg-up who need it most. And you can put it in the face of ...
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I have a full-time job that I would like to continue working while getting started with real estate investing.My short-term goal is to replace my currently monthly income of about 3k/month (after taxes) within 5 years...
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Keep yourself on track to meet your goals this year. Decide what your goal profit for the year is going to be then work backwards to figure out how many offers to make on a daily or weekly basis. Consistency is the ...
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Opinions, please?So I just tried out a new house-painter who bought the paint in the colors I needed, but I found out after he was done with the job that he only did SPOT priming over any drywall patches and other wal...