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Michelle Harrington HELOC, Home Equity Loan or Your Savings?
16 March 2021 | 15 replies

Hello Bigger Pockets Family! 
Just wondering, if you are a new investor buying a rental property and you have an equity from your personal home, which one would you use for a DP? HELOC, Home Equity Loan, or your savi...

Kerline Jean- Baptiste new New to this forum and eager to find a mentor
19 February 2024 | 10 replies

Hello, my name is Kerline, and I'm a registered nurse who is new to the BiggerPockets forum. I have a strong interest in becoming a real estate investor. Despite listening to numerous podcasts about real estate invest...

Andrea Lopez Should I pocket my cashflow money or use it for principal payment?
18 October 2023 | 12 replies

Hi all, I'll be closing on my first 2-family this week and did some initial estimates and realized I'll probably be positively cash flowing anywhere $200-$500 a month. I'll be moving into the basement next year and wi...

Bob Asad Use SFH HELOC to Purchase 12-Unit Apartment?
30 July 2024 | 3 replies

Would you recommend doing something like this?
Using SFH primary residence with a HELOC (ex. $425k) to purchase a 12-unit Apartment ($1.5M) with 25% down ($375k from the HELOC).
The remaining $50k from the HELOC cou...

Grant Oberholzer Single Family Rental in Redmond, Oregon
2 December 2020 | 1 reply

Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $234,000

Cash invested: $20,000

3 Bed/ 2.5 Bath Single Family, Redmond, OR

What made you interested in investi...

Alex Guerrero Looking for guidance to make the most of my age and situation.
23 February 2023 | 13 replies

I purchased my home in Elgin Tx in November while rates were low thinking we would be at the home for a while. We will need to move for work ...but where we purchased our home for 312xxx in November, the similar homes...

Reginald Silva capital reserve requirements for underwriting
4 October 2022 | 12 replies

Does anyone know how much money an underwriter looks for in reserves when underwriting a loan? I am closing on a $650,000 home in 25 days. My all-in cost is $19,500 which I have currently and I am considering taking a...

David Sun How to do cashout refinancing without substantial reservers?
25 July 2014 | 4 replies

Guys,I have quite a few properties and each of them has enough equity to do cash out refinancing.  However, my cash in-hand cannot cover the 6 month reserve, which is required even for cash out financing, as some loan...

Rafael Pinho DSCR mortgage, non-resident
14 August 2023 | 8 replies

Hi all,
I'm an architect and developer based in Europe and considering investing in the US - new builds and BRRRR.
If I bought and renovated a property in 100% cash, would it be possible to refinance with a DSCR mo...

Julian G. New to BP! From Connecticut
18 February 2014 | 11 replies

Hello BP!

After reading many post available on this forum, I've decided it's time to sign up! Time to ask questions and learn more!

Here goes, My name is Julian, 29 years old (Next week!) and I am from ...