J Scott
Sarah Palin Gets Reality Show
I've been waiting to see what was so important for Sarah Palin to violate her oath to her constituency and to quit her job...I guess now we know:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/03/24/sarah.palin.reality.tv.ppl/in...
Christopher Fay
Question: appraisal low
I have a quick question. I am in the process of purchasing my 2nd rental property. It is a foreclosure that was built in 2009. House is in great shape. It was in multi offer so I offered 90k. Based on comps we figure...
Ryan Fox
The 50% rule and down-payment size
Looking to purchase our first single-family home out of state (timeline about 12 months). We want to be conservative so we have been using the 50% rule to practice analyzing various properties. We're finding it very d...
Mike Rodriguez
How does a Mortgage work? - Newbie
Hi All! Can someone please clarify this for me? Let's say the purchase price of a house is 200,000. I put 20% down that's $40,000 so my loan would be for $160,000.Let's say it's a 30 year fixed at 4%.This means :$763....
Bryan Soto Annable
Rental property expense
Im currently managing my first rental property with apartments.com I own a duplex. Im trying to figure out how I should classify my pmi, property taxes and homeowners insurance payments in the software since I do escr...
Charles Schmidt
Airbnb Rental Arbitrage
Anyone had any success with this business model? Seems like an interesting way to get involved in real estate/rentals with very low upfront investment. Long term buy and hold rental property investing is still my main...
Meg Sparling
Help!
Hi everyone!Brand new to this but want to learn and am serious about it. I'm 50 years old, played by the rules and Im tired of being broke! Time for a change.So, my next door neighbor wants to sell his house and I am ...
David Dachtera
New Investors: Get Educated or not?
Hello! David Dachtera here.This post is going to be a bit unpopular on Bigger Pockets because it's about education - Real Estate Investing education. The site as a whole has rather a strong sentiment against paying fo...
Derek Parks
Amazing Lansing MI Duplex Deal
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $45,000
Cash invested: $1,000
1400sq single family that had been half converted into a top/bottom duplex. ...
Charmaine M.
Question abou Equity....
Hi all....How do one find equity in property?Eg: Property Estimated Market Value- $283.000-$305,00 Contract price -$250,000. Needs about- $10,000 in work. Is this enough info to find out the e...