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So My wife any I have quite a bit of equity in our house.(primary residence) We want to pull the trigger on buying our first rental property but I need to decide on a course of action for the down payment. Initially...
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If you had 100k, would you buy one property for cash and then use that property as leverage (heloc etc) to buy more?Or, would you use that 100k as a down payment on a couple different rental properties.
So a friend of mine bought a cheaper home with the thought of renting it out some day. He gave up on that and offered to sell me the house strictly cash. We don’t have a bank involved, we’re strictly on the honor syst...
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Hi All,What numbers would you look for on COC and cash flow ( Using the rental Caculator) when purchasing at 100% cash.While using the rental caculator, I had to go way down on the purchase price ( to get at least 10%...
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Hi All,
What numbers would you look for on COC and cash flow ( Using the rental Caculator) when purchasing at 100% cash.
While using the rental caculator, I had to go way down on the purchase price ( to get at least...
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Hey BP community,So my wife and I purchased a townhome back in 2015. It was an FHA loan at 3.5%, and we currently owe around 97,000. The Zillow estimate is about 178,000, so we have a decent amount of equity. We are m...
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Cash Flow Question
I have a CASH FLOW question. I searched the forums for an answer and could not find one. Forgive me if this has been answered.
When calculating cash flow is cash flow based on solely total ...
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I am purchasing a home that when renovated and refinanced the payment will be more than what it will rent for. Do I take only the amount of equity that the property will cash flow? Or, take all the equity I can get?
Hi everyone, this is my first post so I apologize in advice if I'm making a mistake. I am new to investing in real estate and upon researching, I found this forum very helpful in learning insights. However, I have som...
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Hi, I am thinking very hard about diving into real estate investing for the first time, but my situation right now is that I currently still have a mortgage on my primary home which I plan to sell in 4 years when my s...