hello everyone, quick question.
so at the current rate that CA real estate is going, at minimum a decent home is $500k, meaning I need close to $100k to avoid PMI, and have a decently affordable mortgage (with my inc...
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Hello all. I'm new here and this is my first post on the forums. I've been absorbing a ton of knowledge from you all and I'm very excited to get started in REI! I'm looking to purchase a 3-family home in Massachusetts...
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hi BPThink about your best tenants...How did they find your rental?How did you find them?Newspaper, sign, Realtor, property managerOnline?Curious-----Mine : REALTORalthough she advised me not to rent to him he is trou...
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Hi guys,I'm a new young investor (22) from NY looking to invest in Waterbury, CT, roughly 1.5 hours away from where I live. The strategy I am learning towards is to buy and hold MFR's with good cash flow, appreciation...
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Heyo BP,So I got a triplex under contract in early June; it's in a rather old neighborhood, with most of the houses in the area built around 1900 (very old houses, not much potential for appreciation in the area). The...
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I have a question concerning a Homepath property in my area.
The home is priced at 99,000. I could purchase the home as an investment with 10% down using homepath financing. I have also thought that I could encourag...
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I own some multifamily homes in Akron and Canton, OH, all MLS deals. I've read over James Wise's Ultimate Guide to Grading Cleveland Neighborhoods but at 7 years old it's surely a bit dated. I haven't found similar re...
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Do you do your own interior design for flips or hire a designer? Finding it hard to justify hiring a designer where I will basically be telling them to design the most bland / mass market appeal space. Usually I will ...
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if I am currently on forbearance on my home will it affect me on a future investment property ? and is forbearance only on your main property
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Hey everyone, So I came across a house that is for sale made in the 1940's. It appears that the owner is actually a REI but is retiring (or so his neighbor told me over the phone) so he is getting rid of his properti...