Banis Boortian
Joining the military and want to know more about my finance.
joining the military and want to invest in real estate. Going in as an E3 my pay will be around 1800 before taxes, after taxes around 1500. Im planning on saving most of my income to invest in rental properties. W...
Eric Hempler
How Realistic is the 70% Rule?
I've decided to revisit flipping homes and I'm curious how realistic do you think the 70% Rule is?My wife questions whether it's easy to find properties at that type of discount. I do agree it sounds like a lot, but I...
Henrique Da Costa
Real estate investing seminars
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I'm new to BP and real estate investing. I keep seeing those Facebook ads about signing up for free real estate investing seminars. Are they real or just trying to sell you on stuff? I'm from Boston and signed up...
Robert Bowker
Direct mail for real estate agents?
Any agents out there use direct mail campaigns and have any success?
Ben Smith
Incoming Direct Marketing Response Word Tracks
I know this is a total long shot...I've been in sales for a decade so I really don't have a problem with talking to people at all. In person or over the phone. The reason my sales skills improved over the years is I h...
Daniel Dietz
How to Lenders figure DTI Ratio on Rental Units?
So far I have only bought property within my SDIRA on a cash basis, so have not needed to work with lenders. Soon I will be buying one or more rentals outside of my SDIRA, using 'conventional financing'.
Th...
Jonathan Bailey
Help with buying first owner-occupied property!
Hello!I'm coming up on a year of my first year working after college. I make close to 60k and am also living at home. When I move out (hopefully by this time next year), I'd like to purchase an owner-occupied duplex/t...
Michael Kaminski
Closing on new primary home before current home sells how to avoid dti issues
Currently looking at closing on a new home in november/december and do not anticipate selling ours for a month or two after we move. Playing with some DTI calculators I’ll be hovering around 50%. My plan was to recast...
Cara Graca
Plan to Buy Two VA Home Loan Properties in 1-3 years
My husband and I are looking to purchase two properties with the VA loan over the course of the next 1-3 years. We would like one in the $150,000-180,000 range and one in the $220,000-240,000 to comply with the $417,...
James Carlson
Boulder County, Colorado streamlines STR regulation
For anyone who cares about STRs in Colorado, I just learned that Boulder County earlier this month passed new short-term rental regulations. I guess it's surprising to me that the law allows for true non-owner occupie...