Ben Bartels
Using personal home equity for investing
Do you have any recommendations/guidelines around using equity in your personal home for investing? Is it smart to keep refinancing into 30-year mortgages since the interest rate on that money is lower than other loan...
Tabitha Fox
How to fund my first deal?
Hey BP!
I found an off market single family home in my neighborhood. I've spoken to the owner and know her asking price ($75K). It needs a lot of rehab. Probably around $40K. ARV should be around $160K. This home w...
Joel Douglass
Looking for an Investor or Creative Financing
I am looking for creative financing or an investor for a property that I've already negotiated pricing/terms, etc. on. Last year, I entered into an agreement to purchase a 25-unit/25-acre mobile home park in Gray Cou...
Tareq Salaita
The bubble is bursting and we're still investing
In my humble opinion, the bubble has started to burst and many of us including myself are still in denial. The national median home value is now $217,300, an increase of 8.3% on the year and 8.4% above the bubble-era...
Timothy E Sullivan
24 years old! Should I cash in Roth IRA to buy rentals?
I am 24 and I am a merchant mariner. I have been sailing on the Great Lakes as a Deck hand. I sail during the summers to pay for school and 4 years ago I stayed out for a full year. That left me with a nice bank acco...
Rick Howell
5 Mindsets Of Real Estate Consumers
What are real estate consumers thinking about in 2016?There is significant contrast in how homebuyers, sellers, investors, and industry workers see the real estate market. In fact, there may have never been more diver...
Joshua D.
when to use my own saved Funds and cash VS Mortgage/credit line
So i have a couple properties i payed for with cash out of my own savings and another i payed for with a primary residence line of credit. What are the advantages of using your own cash or going to bank and having lin...
Felicia Richardson
Just Closed on a Duplex w/NACA
Hello! I closed two weeks ago, on a Duplex in East Point, GA near Greater Atlanta for $319k. My Property is Zoned, to add a Tiny Home, as well. I used NACA and it took me 7 Months, to get through the Program. I saved ...
Petra M.
When to replace appliances: Proactive or reactive?
Whats your position? Replace things before they break (proactive) or don't fix what's not broken (reactive)? Also, when do you know if something is nearing end of life? What's your average life span for the following:...
Cory Dock
Am I messing up by not having a mortgage on my rental property??
Hi all,I am a fairly new investor with 1 long term rental property. Last year was the first full year it was rented. The property is paid off so I do not have a mortgage on it. Even with some repairs, I was not able ...