Colton Schrader
Advice for a successful first house hack
Hey BP community,
I'm a new investor that just recently graduated college and have been storing money for a house hack for about 6 months now. I was wondering if you guys have any advice or tips on a successful hous...
Victor H nieves
MEMPHIS INVESTMENT PROPERTIES Case Study
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 ...
Alex Carestia
Down payment numbers
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...
Carlo Con
FHA loan vs Conventional loan
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 ...
Jessica Sudyn
Starting out/ House Hacking
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...
Jo Ballagh
Analysis help! I've done most of the work; just need more eyes
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...
Ory Kelley
FHA Financing/House Hacking
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...
Erica Hutchinson
Multi-Family home loan limits
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?
Alex Waite
Finance closing costs or pay up front
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...
Aften Hennricks
Planning to Get Started
Howdy! I'm new to Bigger Pockets and looking from some perspective on our initial planning from more seasoned investors.My spouse and I are at the beginning stages of getting into real estate investing and property ma...