Hi,In light of all the craziness due to Covid and rent moratorium, I was wondering what the percentage of rents collected are these days compared to pre COVID.  What were you collecting as a percentage of total rent i...

Hello, I am currently in the process of buying a 4 plex and I have an investor that wants to give me a sum of money for part ownership of the property and I don't know how to structure the deal. My name will solely be...

My Dad and I are teaming up to start a fix flip journey together. I have a friend who is further along on the path (has done 5-6 of her own) who has offered to help as a consultant of sorts. I have also been introduce...

What is the minimum amount a house can be mortgaged for? I was told 65k but that would mean I can't get a conventional loan for anything less than around 80k or so figuring in for subtracting the down payment. This ca...

Hello BP community. I’m curious to hear from both early and seasoned investors. If you had the opportunity to put down less than 25% on an investment property would you be willing to take less than 1% in rent per mont...

I have been working on getting an fha loan for a duplex to get into real estate investing and have come across several hurdles along the way.  As a recent college graduate, my student loans were one of the biggest iss...

Initially when looking for my first rental I wanted to use the homepath program in order to lower the down payment. As I ran tests on the numbers leveraging up seems to be a better way to go.

My initial quest...

Many of us plan to leave a good portion of our estates to charities. Charitable Remainder Trusts can be good vehicles for this while reducing taxes.  Here are two articles I found.  Link to original article at the ...

Hello, I currently own a duplex. I live in one side and the other is rented . I would love to buy another property either a single family or another duplex but I am not qualified for a mortgage because of my debt rati...

Hello BP members,I am thinking of buying a duplex about $120K.  CF is about $800/month so awesome right for that a property that low.  However, it's not in the best area.  Appreciation is not great as I have seen the ...