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Hello BP Community, I have a question regarding one of my new tenants. I had a tenant sign a lease with me at the end of May. On paper she passed with flying colors - 3X income, good credit, positive landlord referenc...
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Since the beginning of the year I've been moving forward with trying to get into this. I've looked at targeting my focus on a long term buy and hold rental strategy. So I contacted a broker I've done other business ...
Ok 2 family house potential income 1300 month both units rented out
breakdown cost 50k
25% down 12,500
loan 37,500
taxes 3200
insurance 1300-1500
bank of america pre approved me at 40k with taxes on 30 year ...
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Ive spent my entire time in the military consuming book after book on the topic of financial education and real estate. Fast forward, my contract has ended. My finances are better than they have ever been, my only deb...
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Hi, I'm planning on creating a self-directed IRA with checkbook control, and moving enough money into it to purchase two rental properties. I've talked to and read information from several LLC SDIRA companies (Broad/...
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I picked up this property for about $33.5k and put about $14,000 into the house. I bought it in mid Feb and have a tenant moving in on Tuesday, April 1 for $1,095. The first tenant who came looked at it put an appl...
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Hello BP!!My Name is Ethan Johnson. I have been a member of Bigger Pockets for a few months now. I have posted a few times here and there but for the most part I just read and try to learn as much as I can from you ex...
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Hi everyone,I thought this could be an interesting/fun topic. I'm about to close on a home. I know what design I "could" go with. However I'm polling YOU.. the BP crew to weigh in on my decisions and tell me if you ...
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The tenant l am thinking of getting is in construction. I do need to change the flooring and I cannot afford that right now. It’s 3 k Sq feet house . The quotes and getting is anywhere from 5 to 10,000 from other c...
I am in the process of purchasing my first buy and hold investment property. I have used the BiggerPockets analysis tools, which are helpful, but I'm confused on how to calculate true cost of owning a property. I do...