What is the best way to find out how much a current owner's original mortgage was?  Most often the appraisal district will not have a document with the mortgage balance? 

So I've purchased my house a few years ago, and have had my friends living with me and paying rent while I fix the house up. I've gotten almost completely to where I wanted it, but now I'm ready to start looking to ma...

We've been having issues with our management company for several years now, and despite us finally having an official meeting on the docket to discuss recourse our HOA board is trying to cancel it on a technicality an...

Hey BP community!After watching BP videos on YouTube for about a year and officially joining the real estate industry as a lender post-graduation, I figured it was high time to join the forums. I have a passion for re...

Hello BiggerPockets Community!
I am officially under contract for my first home purchase and am scheduled to close 2/17/24! 
I am shopping rates between PNC bank, a credit union, two private lenders, and a potential...

First off I'm looking to peruse a 203k loan (basically the bank covers the purchase and rehab)In conversation an older gentleman I often run into offers me his one bedroom apartment on the first floor of a multi famil...

Hi guys,I have a property in  Santa Barbara county and I am trying to convert a room into a 4th bedroom. In order for it to be officially called a bedroom I need to get the county building department to issue a permit...

Hi all,I've started to play around a bit with Stessa and RentRedi for a property but I want to get feedback from users before I officially go all in.Do the two platforms serve the same function? It seems like I can co...

Hi all. Just a quick introduction. I am Vicki Porter, owner of Porter House Realty in Denver since 1994. I just registered on Bigger Pockets, but I have been a subscriber since the beginning.
My business ...

hey all, I've actually been active on this forum for a couple months trying to work out an investing strategy, but wanted to make things "official"I'm new to REI and new to the Spartanburg - Greenville, SC area. It's ...