Brie Schmidt
HELOC payoff strategy
Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Jack Plantin
Buy and hold rental analysis
Looking to use a part of my savings to pick up an investment property and become a landlord. Let me know what you think of this property.
1000 SQFT 2Br/1Bath in Hammond, Indiana. 7133 Hohman Ave. Supposedly good re...
Drew Cameron
Heloc to pay off mortgage faster
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...
Nicholas Misch
15 or 30 year for a 35 year old investor just starting out.
Hello BP Family,I am 35 and am just wondering if I should be considering 15 or 30 year mortgages. I have a goal of 5 properties in the next 5 years minimum and then hope to expand more rapidly thereafter and want to e...
Kimberly Gillock
student renters
Hello BP community! Landlording question for you all -- I am under contract for a SFH by a university, closing in early April. Wondering if anyone had advice on renting to students? I would ideally rent to grad stu...
Debbie Lee
Please help $41,000 paid to a guru company to be refunded !
Hi to all investors out there, hope you have any advise or resource to help me out.About 3 weeks ago I paid about $41,000 to a real estate investing company. After I have paid, their attitude and responsibility promis...
Austin James
Journeyman Plumber here, any questions ask away!
Did plumbing for 7 years before moving to sells, I still own a plumbing company on the side. I can do my best to answer any plumbing questions.
Ask away.
Sam White
Texas Property Tax Blood Bath
Blood bath is dramatic, but hoping to get some conversation going on this. lol. Homeowners across the state of Texas are getting jaw-dropping tax notices in the mail this month. Huge reassessments of value on their p...
Mark Perry
Where are the Canadians of BP?
Hey Everyone,It seems like BP is dominated by US investors, which is great, but I'm wondering where are all of my Canadian friends? The concepts of investing in real estate are the same, but mortgage and tax laws can ...