Hello everyone,I will try and be brief.I am in the East Houston, TX area.  I am 4 years into a fixed  30 year mortgage. I have a 5.875% APR with $107,500.00 left to pay. Original loan amount was 115k.  Appraisal shoul...

Hello everyone! I am brand new to Bigger Pockets and to real estate investing. In fact, my husband I may put our first contract on a home today with an offer well below the value in hopes of transferring the contract ...

My team and I have come across our first potential rehab project and looking for a little insight from bp. It's a 3/2/2 block 1966 in nice condition, it's on a busy main road directly across the main road (40 feet) fr...

Hi all, I'm not that familiar with the short sale process as I haven't done one yet.  However, my father-in-law is moving and he is interested in buying a short sale in Albany, New York as his primary residence.  The ...

Hello BP,I have reviewed many potential apartment deals marketed by different sponsors. While all of them were unique, most of them had one thing in common: they were underwritten for 10% economic vacancy (or less!) s...

Hi BP,
My REI partner and I are about to purchase our first two single-family homes.  Our realtor got a deal on 9 homes with a wholesaler.  We are buying each home for $148,000, with $500 in earnest money, and the Zi...

I am totally new to the purchasing of notes. I have recently begun working with local banks in gaining access to their non-performing assets/notes before they're handed over to brokers. One bank recently sent me the ...

Is there a way to do a double close w/o trans funding? What other methods are there?

Is this a smart idea? In order to cover any losses, I get a non refundable down payment from end buyer that includes the 1.75 to...

I don't mean by race or ethnicity but:

If someone shows up to apply covered with tattoos or wearing those pants that hang below the butt, is that enough legally allowable to screen them out? Or do you need to go ahea...

Hey all,I'm new to investing and have been looking for 2-4 family properties within the NYC area but a lot of the properties are greater than the down payment (60K) I'm willing to put down and don't seem to have good ...