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@Brandon TurnerHey Brandon!What's better: a 15-yr mortgage or a 30-yr mortgage?I can still cash flow just fine with a 15, so I decided to take it (PITI with the 15-yr is $550/month, while it is $350/month for the 30-y...
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Good morning ladies and gentlemen,
Back in early February I put an offer in for a two family. My offer was asking price, but my closing day would've had to be a month longer than usual. Well my offer was rejected. ...
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In my experience I have noticed there are a lot of upsides to buying land and building new (construction loan) VS. the traditional find a home and buy it with regards to the STR strategy. I would love to hear others t...
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Dear BP-community,I just finished David Greene's book "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing: How to Buy, Rehab, and Manage Out-of-State Rental Properties". Before I had read the book, I was convinced that I wouldn't be...
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Has anyone had any experience buying fire damaged property? If so, what are the pros and cons?
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When buying a note at a discount (e.g. $100k performing I/O note for $90k), how do you classify the extra principal you get back when the loan matures? It can’t show up on the 1098/1099 since it wasn’t charged to the ...
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When fixing up a property with the idea of getting top rent, I was wondering what some of you do to provide that little extra. Custom tile? Dishwasher? Etc.
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I was just reading a post by someone and he mentioned the BRRR strategy.I like this approach but have a question on the refinance part of it.I am still a beginner and the idea i have so far is to buy a rent ready prop...
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I've been browsing the forums and it seems that many people are into leveraging their money by buying numerous rentals looking for long term wealth. That sounds great... However, I want to retire ASAP. My SFH will be ...
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Current lease by three tenants (joint and several) ends May '17. One tenant wants to leave sooner and he offered me a deal he calls "lease buy-out". Instead of him finding a suitable replacement (which I had agreed) ...