I have managed to obtain 3 buy/hold properties in 3 years and am in the middle of converting the garage on the 3rd. A property just came on the market that seems like a very good deal, and exactly what I look for. I f...

I currently own and live in one side of a duplex I picked up just over a year ago. I am anxious to purchase another. I am strongly considering cashing out my 401K in order to be able to afford the 20% down payment tha...

Hi everyone,I am going to be moving to New York with my family next year for grad school, targeting to live in Brooklyn/Queens, and hopefully within a reasonable commute distance (30-45 mins public transit) to Manhatt...

Hello BiggerPocket Family,I just wanted to present to you guys a package that I put together to raise private money for a deal that I was working on but unfortunately I failed. I just wanted to see if I did something ...

Hey fantastic RE agents of BiggerPockets! Earlier today, I was speaking with a friend of mine regarding a few properties that I am looking at. One of the property’s is a SFH fixer upper and the owners are “extremely m...

Hello!  We invest in single-family homes in Southwest Washington (State), and the SFH I'm writing about is located in Vancouver, Washington.We have a tenant (a mother and two high school age children) that have been e...

I had to relocate to Chicago from ATL for my job and hired a property MGT company to assist with renting out my home in ATL. We found a tenant who owns his own company, wants to pay in advance with 3 month incremen...

Example:  400,000 purchase price 80% ltv 1st mtg.=  $320,00015% ltv 2nd mtg.= $60,0005% down payment= $20,000Avoids Monthly PMI payment Very strong financing program for multiple reasons

Are things softening in the Bay Area, and if so, are you changing/modifying any of your strategy because of it? I was up at Bay Area Wealth Builder's RE meetup in Corte Madera (near Marin) last week with @Kathleen L. ...

I am going through the worst nightmare a landlord can have.
Backstory: I put up my house for rent in December when my last tenant had to move out due to getting a job in another state. I was getting tons of queries a...