Steve Walko
Classic debate: Pay down student loans or begin RE investment?
Hi everyone,I'm wondering whether my fiancé and I should begin to pay our debt down ASAP or begin investing in RE. I know there are intelligent arguments on both sides of this issue and that it depends on the details ...
John Burtle
Seeking advice...ultimate goal is to have over 30 properties
I'll try to get to the point.I use to work for an investor when I was younger. Ever since then I've wanted to get into real estate. I never acted because I also wanted to become a police officer. I focused most of my ...
Lois Stern
Seller requested 30 day close, mortgage company may/may not be able to accommodate
I have a contract on a house. Buyer asked for 30 days. Being my first contract, I did not know that I had to ask the lender if this was possible - so I said yes. Mortgage Co said they are trying to speed it along [...
Anand S.
AirBnB's new Cleaning Protocol and Badge
AirBnB just released their new cleaning protocol standard and are trying to get hosts to commit to it. How many are going to opt in and get the badge on their listing? I'm not sure if you have to block a day between b...
Jeremy Woods
Tenants Calling Code Enforcement Not Property Mgmt.
HELP!!We closed on our first larger multi-family about 6 months ago. Since then we have corrected a bunch of deferred maintenance, started to update vacant units and are working on turning around the property. We have...
Nicholas Varner
Decisiveness and Diversification
"After studying over 500 millionaires, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Charles M. Schwab, journalist and author Napoleon Hill found that they shared a single quality: Decisiveness," writes Kathleen Elkins o...
Chris Sullens
Appraisal based on rental income?
Talking about BRRR in Oklahoma City (OKC) here. How do you get the appraisal up so that you can get the most on your cash-out refi? Will appraisers take into account rental income? I mean, if I have a house that's bri...
Andrew Fowler
Paying Off Student Loans or Focus on REI?
Hi everyone,As a college student who is graduating this upcoming May, I have a lot of student loans. When I say "a lot," I'm talking 100k... Since my loans vary from 4-7% interest I am strongly considering consolidati...
David Keys
Monthly Payment decrease when making large payment to principle
So I have had many properties that I had put the typical 20% or 30% down on a 30 Year loan and had a Fixed payment with the bank. When I had extra money or a large commission I would always put large amounts to the p...
Jason V.
Medium Multi-Family Market Analysis Methodology
A Happy New Year to the BiggerPockets Community!While I wait with baited breath for Brian Burke's annual market analysis for the coming year...(His 2016 analysis: Best markets to buy multifamily in 2016: A round-table...