![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/609596/small_1694644120-avatar-michaelm457.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I just took out a HELOC to use as a down payment an investment property. My monthly payments will be low (interest only for 10 year draw period), so shouldn't really affect my debt to income ratio much.Once I buy the...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/453930/small_1621477352-avatar-glaser.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Thought the EIDL contract terms for those approved needed its own thread.I was approved and I'm at the signature stage of a loan above $25K. I understand the collateral, but the Requirements for Relative Collateral ar...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/wordpress_blog_post/image/12447/mortgage.jpg?twic=v1/output=image/cover=625x330)
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/180293/small_1621422677-avatar-jlh.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
After being on BP coming on my 3rd year now.. one of the frequent repeat questions is from those wanting to get started in cash flow rentals but have limited cash but great W 2 and Credit.Let me take you back to pre 0...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/900432/small_1621505245-avatar-kurtgranroth.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Class A / Class BThe practice of splitting the LP investor equity group into Class A and Class B (sometimes: "Series A" and "Series B") tranches is already extremely common and seems to becoming almost ubiquitous. Ins...
Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1942532/small_1694611256-avatar-robertw641.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have been lurking around this site for a couple of years now. In 2020 my wife and I were seriously considering doing a STR. We picked Nashville as the market we wanted to pursue. Long story short, the market was ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/wordpress_blog_post/image/11048/real-estate-taxes-deductions.jpg?twic=v1/output=image/cover=625x330)