I'm a newbie to real estate and investing, can someone please explain to me what refinancing is and how it works?

Do you guys have any suggestion on inspirational/motivational materials, preferably audio (MP3) so one can listen while driving. Thanks.

I say that because of my previous thread about a tenant giving some homemade fudge with last month's rent.

I was invited to share Thanksgiving dinner with one of my tenants and his family at their apartment. I was de...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $295,000

Cash invested: $125,000

our first beach house we purchased, a great short term rental !

What mad...

My neighbor is redoing her kitchen. The kitchen connects to the hallway, which has 50-year-old oak flooring she's not interested in changing.Grey cabinets, white countertops, grey-ish tile backsplash.Wood flooring is ...

Any suggestions if I am looking at purchasing a park as to

1) Key things to look for and questions to ask the seller

2) bank financing options

3) typical bank turn arounds on these

I would like to ask about funding a deal and the order in which it's been said you should approach it.This is what I heard from one source: FIND, FUND, FIX, EXIT. Seems to me if you go find the property first, that's ...

That's right I'm a newbie to Bigger Pockets from Evergreen, Colorado. I've been dabbling in buy and hold properties since 2006. I currently have one rental in Evergreen, Colorado and one in Whitefish, Montana. Mostly ...

Just wondering if we have any cigar smokers on BP. I just finished a Bolivar PC, which was quite good, and decided I would find out who here likes the occasional smoke. If so, what did you smoke this weekend? What i...

I'm researching commercial loans and how they work. I understand that a majority of them carry a 5 year balloon AND an amortization period (usually 30 years). What's the purpose of having the balloon payment? If I ref...