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Howdy Everybody!
Im brand new to this wonderful looking site. There seems to be so much available here and I love the fact that there's a forum. Regretfully, I don't offer anything from a professional standpoint at a...
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Hi guys,
So I have lived in a house, in an expensive neighborhood for 10 years, my child grew up there so I am very attached to that house and so is my son. It is 550K now, rented but its too big 5 bdr 3 baths so i...
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Firstly hello - long time reader and first time poster
Some advice needed
I have 155k (24 yrs) left on Primary mortgage at 4.1% (home worth 320-350k)
If I cash out refi I potentially can take up to 100k out / drop...
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Hello, this is my first, of hopefully many posts to biggerpockets.com. I have been reading this for a long time without being a user, and I can definitely see there are some smart individuals here.
As my intr...
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Back in mid January I started listening to the BiggerPockets podcast with episode 1, today I finished listening to episode 483. Through it I developed a plan to find pre foreclosures with high equity to acquire with a...
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I am going to be renting out my first investment property in the next week or so. I was thinking of doing all the checks using my smart move and then double checking with rent spree as it’s free to me in my mls. Is my...
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I'm closing on a property in Franklin, NC (WNC) that we plan to STR. There are 6 doors to the exterior (front entrance, garage entrance, basement entrance (next to hot tub), and 3 doors on the main level to the back p...
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Looking at purchasing my first STR property. When I ask for past years profit generated from rental I was given gross rentals for the year. Just so I’m sure gross rentals is going to be the total on the year not neces...
Hello,
Please provide your thoughts and advice on matter of rent versus buy based on my special case.
I am 33 yrs old and live in a rent stabilized apartment at Spanish Harlem, New York. I pay $750/monthly for 2 b...
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1st possible deal that can be split between me and a business partner•4 bed 2 bath•Roughly 160k price•Would split down payment, profits, expenses down the middle•half of a duplexOur market is tapped out and this feels...