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One of the first deals I did in college was a house I bought for $10,000 using a car loan against a Pontiac TransAm with a really cool T-top that I bought at auction. It was a tip I learned from a Carleton Sheets cou...
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I listed a townhouse in a very desirable neighborhood outside Portland, OR 1 week ago and have only had 2 serious inquiries. I'm hoping to get it rented out by Sep. The first applicant is a family already living in t...
How do you equate a potential renter with no fico with a low fico potential renter? For me anyone with a fico below 560 is probably a life long deadbeat, and anyone with no credit file, probably is also a dead beat, b...
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Hello everyone name's Richard. I'm currently renting and rent is being raised. My plan was finish my last 2 yrs of college then use my VA loan on a multi-family to house hack I have a wife and two daughters so don't w...
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I recently had a client use this strategy. How it works.....
- The stock market on average brings in roughly 8% returns
- You open a line of credit using the equity in your brokerage account through several third pa...
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I am looking to get a 2-4 unit in Cicero, Please share any experience input you might have on anything below as a Cicero landlord: Demand for units with/without parking Im looking at a few 4 units with 2 car parking.....
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I used BiggerPockets tenant screening tool MySmartMove to screen these prospective tenants for my first rental. My question is would you rent to this couple?CoupleAge- Husband-54, wife 49 Non-smokersNo animalsRenting...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Edmonton.
Purchase price: $74,000
Cash invested: $75,215
2 Bdrm, 1 Bath, 700 Sqr-ft condo. Currently renting @ 850 per month (Cu...
Hi everybody, and thanks for taking the time to read my post. I've recently developed an interest in real estate investing, leaning more toward residential cashflow type properties, but can honestly say I have no idea...
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I have built the majority of my small portfolio by house hacking for the last five years, and one result of that is that I am now spooked by anything other than the low interest, 30-year fixed rate terms I've grown ac...