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Hi Bigger Pockets!I'm delighted to be joining this community. Heard so many great things so I'm introducing myself and excited to meet everyone.I'm a recent business graduate working at a tech startup in Toronto. Desp...
This is more of an Accounting question but the REI aspect of it does warrant discussion IMHO. I have a sizeable 401(k) that I would like to take a distribution on so that I can use it as after tax dollars in order to ...
hello everyone, quick question.
so at the current rate that CA real estate is going, at minimum a decent home is $500k, meaning I need close to $100k to avoid PMI, and have a decently affordable mortgage (with my inc...
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Hey everyone,Fairly new to real estate investing and I was wondering, what ways have you found the most successful in finding off market deals?What is the best way to find and approach people who are not necessarily s...
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Hello all, I am working on my first flip and we came up with an open kitchen with an island that has the oven in it. I posted earlier with the design and someone brought up the fact of the range needing ventilation. I...
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Earlier this year I saved the life of an old friend who has five homes both here in the US and the Philippines. He and his wife feel very strongly about selling me a vacant home of theirs I've considered buying in the...
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Before I start my direct mail campaign, I wanted to know how others capture leads without answering every single call. The material I am reading suggests NOT to have the leads call directly to my cell phone. Rather, I...
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Greetings All,I heard about bigger pockets from a random website and thought I would explore it a bit. My name is Matt and I am looking for new avenues to share commercial investment deals that I currently have. I d...
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Hello Bigger Pockets family. I am a new investor and I have a question about refinancing out of a 203k loan.
I am looking to acquire a single family property and make it a rental. If I go with the FHA 203k loan,I kn...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $134,000
Cash invested: $44,280
This was a perfect house hack with buying a home as a primary residence using a 10%...