I'm 22 and about to graduate from college. What should be my first real estate investing move?
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I want to house hack when I graduate college, but I will need to use the FHA loan in order to do so. Do I need a W-2 to get qualified for the loan? If so, how should I go about house hacking directly after I graduate?
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $270,000
Cash invested: $14,000
This is my first real estate property. I acquired the property in 2020 as a househa...
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Aloha! Originally from Hawaii, I am a college graduate with my MBA with a focus in Finance from Liberty University. I played 5 years of collegiate tennis as well as 18 years from the time I first picked up a racquet.I...
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Hello all,
So I have a bit available left on my GI Bill after getting my bachelors in ministry a couple years back and I’d like to make the most of it. I was curious if anyone had any educational direction suggestion...
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So I’ve bought my first property. It has appraised much higher than purchase price which allowed me to get an appraisal line of credit. This allows me to use that money for rehab. I will then refi and cash out. All in...
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Well. last year I joined bigger pockets and dove head first into youtube university. Since then, I spent the rest of the year convincing myself I will never be good enough to get a deal. Just recently Shut that voice ...
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I recently came across a new strategy that I don't quite understand and it sounds too good to be true. The principal is simple. Use your heloc to pay your mortgage and funnel all your funds in and out of it like a che...
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Have you heard of the expression "stupid money"? It is when a herd of investors or speculators seem to be overpaying for an asset.In my market in Cincinnati and I guess almost everywhere in the country, "stupid money"...
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I am using the BP rental calc to evaluate properties for potential rental performance. What numbers is everyone using for their expenses?I am using:Vacancy- 6%-8% this gives me one months rent at 8% or just enough to ...