Gordon Starr
What's your "system" for c/d rental areas?
Hi BP! Rougher, "less desirable" parts of town get a lot of negative comments. Higher risk, not for out-of-town investors, tenants who demolish your place. All that is probably true. Yet, I just keep doing the same th...
Jacob Zivanovich
Should I Tell the Roommate that I'm the Landlord?
As described by the title, what are the pros and cons of telling your house hacking roommate that you're the landlord? Some say to never tell them and let a real estate agent show the house and what not, but I feel th...
Lee Common
What's going on across the pond?
well due to the whole financial crisis and government takeover of one of our biggest mortgage lenders all the mortgage companies made their lending policies extremely strict and realistically now a buyer needs to have...
Austin Seth
Renting a loft and covering expenses using Airbnb???
So this is probably a worn out question, however I am new here so I am going to ask anyways.I am looking into renting a loft in Galveston TX as a weekend getaway. However, my current financial situation does not quite...
Jacob Willett
Loan Approval Without Employment
I am working on my first deal and I have started working on getting a loan pre-approval. My concern is that I am currently a college student and my employment is based on co-op cycles within the college so I cannot pr...
Codi Peterson
Minimum 15% Down on MFR
Hi team! I’m new to Bigger Pockets and looking to buy a small MFR here shortly. We found a decent sized duplex in Rigby Idaho for ~180 K and went to put an offer on it, but our lender said that we’d have to put a mini...
Gabriela Huayhualla
Condo or a single family house for my 1st time REI?
I live in Brooklyn, NY and prices here are high. I’ve been looking in NY and also in Miami, FL but I’m still debating if I should get an 1BR apartment (Condo) or a single family house. Any suggestions? I have 50K save...
Frances Magriz
Are there any international lenders
Does anyone know if there are lenders that would loan internationally? I would like to make a few purchases in the Dominican Republic. I am wondering if there are any lenders out there that would loan on something lik...
Account Closed
LLC vs Umbrella Policy
I learned today that I cannot have a secondary market bank loan in an LLC name, so if I want to save on an interest rate as I can with a secondary market loan, I can't inside an LLC (I have to carry it with a bank int...
Mike Parker
Landlord insurance with rent protection
As it relates to landlord insurance, I've heard there are policies that can include "rent protection" to cover the property owner. Not only covering the rental income in cases where the dwelling is uninhabitable but ...