Hey everyone - just wanted to introduce myself to the community and put my thoughts out there for feedback/input. I've been in LA for the past 7 years (UCLA & work) and my background is in finance. I've been consu...

Is it ever a good idea to put less than 20% down if you have excellent credit and just enough funds to do so? I know mortgage payments would be a bit higher and MIP would be added, but if I put 10% down and invested t...

Greetings BiggerPockets!Just last month, I started crawling, walking (& dare I say running) towards being a new real estate investor! Last night, I was reading the Morris Invest Case Study 2.0 (@tyler jahnke) and ...

I currently have a FHA $200,000 loan with an interest rate of 3.375% with a pmi flat fee of .85% ($141) of original loan amount.  I want get a conventional loan to drop my PMI payment of $141 per month.  However, the ...

Hello BP Community,First time poster here looking to get started in my REI journey. My fiancé and I are currently renting, and figure house hacking would be the best way to get started since we are also looking to mov...

I know it's been posted before but I'm hoping for a few eyes on my personal analysis of a property I'm looking at. A BP Colleague has been graciously dealing with my berating of questions (Thank you, Tyson!) but I was...

Hey guys,I'm a novice investor in cincinnati and just purchased my first duplex.  I bought it under a FHA style mortgage.  I would rather just rent both sides and not move in as to improve my cash flow.  Also my lende...

Hey there! Does anyone know the minimum and maximum amounts that an FHA and Conventional loan would approve for the purchase of an owner occupied duplex home in Harris County in Houston, Texas? 

What does the BP community think of paying closing costs up front or should you finance the costs? I am currently looking at refinancing my FHA to conventional after one year but financing my refi closing costs will p...