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Hi everyone! I am new to these forums and pretty new to bigger pockets. I have an above garage apartment behind my house which I rent out. The house is about 1.5 years old so I have been a landlord for that long. I'm ...
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The acronym FINRA stands for Financial Industry Regulation Authority. On its website it describes its mission and utility."FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient...
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Hello, my name is Liz, I feel young for this site (21) but I want to look into duplex rentals - I live on one side and rent out the other to cover my mortgage. Can anyone on here help me get started with this endeavor?
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Hi All!I purchased a duplex for $340k w/ 5% down on a 30 yr-FHA @ 2.75% w/ $21k all in. I currently cash flow $265/mo (10.6% coc). PMI is $213/mo. This is a house hack, so next yr cash flow $640/mo for a 25% return. T...
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I am no expert when it comes to solar, but I have seen some retailers advertising 0% down payment and low (0.49%) interest rates for solar panel installation in the area. When I think about both the appraisal + utilit...
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One of my concerns with buying a rental property is not finding tenants (or worse, finding bad tenants). Is this a real concern? How do you mitigate it?Where do you get the money to pay for the mortgage for those mont...
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I'm not kidding. So I guess I'm looking for a portfolio lender to assist me in reaching my goal. The short, I'm a wholesaler with access to extremely discounted properties and I want to start buy n holding every other...
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I am looking to get into house flipping as a starting off point with a long term goal of having multiple rentals and doing an occasional flip. I contact a company named “All in one real estate consultants”. Apparently...
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So I went to a reia meeting Monday night and the guru pitching his stuff was Andy heller. I don't want to buy his whole system but a lot of it was based on relationships with REO agents. Which brings up a flaw in my b...
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When I first started out in this business, I was very intimidated when dealing with very nigh net worth potential investors. (Okay, I'll admit it: sometimes I still am!) I would question my own credibility and b...