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As an excited newbie, I have very little experience in real estate investing so at a meeting with my financial planner I asked about house hacking as a busy professional and he stated it would be a bad idea. This too...
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Hey everyone,
I’m really happy I found the BP community and have now listened to most of the podcasts and attended my first REIA meeting this week. I’m hoping to ride that wave and really get going on investing.
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Have been trying to do a refi with BNC - a lender from Zillow...While I thought things are going smooth, lender came and requested my ex's settlement statement...So he has a rental property where we took out the mortg...
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We're kicking off a new project in the next week or so and it's been pretty crazy just getting to this point. The house is a 3-story, 1550 sq ft row and it's currently 3br and 1 bath. We've owned it for almost 2 month...
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Yet another chance to be featured in the next issue of BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine!
Investors and homeowners, let us know: What do you wish you would have known when you bought your first property?
By responding h...
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I have never purchased a turnkey property before so I am not familiar with the process. So correct me where I am wrong.
A turnkey operator finds or builds a property. Then after the rehab or building is done, they pu...
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This afternoon I got my first property under contract! My wholesale intentions full disclosed! A fully rented duplex with $1350/mo in rents! Now the fun part, shopping it to my buyers!
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Hey fellow BP members! I am going to start this thread and add to it frequently.
This is my step by step process for wholesaling.
Things to know: I have never done this before, I do not have a mentor other than eve...
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So I have a single family home and a trailer that I rent out and my wife and I are looking at purchasing a triplex or quad. How does the Cap Rate work and at what time does that become relevant? I always try to learn ...
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I've noticed that a lot of people on the site come on and ask about how they can get started investing with a poor credit score and if that score even matters in real estate.I'd argue that it does. I think it makes o...