What's your advice for convincing your spouse to get interested in House Hacking?I love Scott Trench's Set for Life House Hacking mindset. Since 2009, I've owned a foreclosure-rehab turned house hack (5 BR 3 BA). I li...
What is everyone's opinion on Harry Dent? He points out that real estate has pretty consistently gone up over most of our life times because of the baby boomers, but now that they are down-sizing and dying off, real e...
Has anyone experienced a lender treat you differently after reviewing your financials? I am working with this lender who was so friendly and helpful. I was fist trying to qualify for a conventional but since I can’t v...
Hello everyone!Quick bit about me- I'm a data scientist working in NYC and literally just started looking into REI a week ago. Mostly because of the dream I have of retiring early with a nice cash flow, but also partl...
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How do you go about getting seller financing? Do you just ask the seller if they are familiar to the topic and then give them more information?
In addition, what if the seller uses an agent? Do you just p...
Hi, I have an investment property with about 50% equity in it. I am interested in leveraging the equity to do some more real estate investing. I have approached a few banks (including the current mortgage holder) an...
Hello everyone,I’m looking into house hacking and wanted to hear some opinions on house hacking a duplex vs a single family home. It seems like a duplex is the better option as far as numbers wise with halving multipl...
Hi BP friends. I'm an aspiring real estate investor and I have a question regarding cashflow vs net worth when starting out.I've made an introduction thread before but once again my situation is as follows. I am 30 ye...
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Despite all of the warnings to only invest in landlord friendly states, there are massive investments made in cities like New York San Fran. etc. that are considered landlord unfriendly.
Why is this? One ...
Beware of Joe England! Podcast speaker #206I had a bad experience lending money to Mr. Joseph England. I want to share my experience in the hope of helping others who are thinking of investing with him. I always see h...