Scott Scharl
Grouping 1031 Properties Together
Posting a question for a friend who's not on BP. I was interested in hearing the answer, so I figured I ask what you all think:In 2004 he sold a rental in CA to buy 3 rentals for cash in Idaho via 1031. If he now want...
Azita S.
Pros and Cons of HELOC vs Cash out Refi
If you had equity in your rentals and wanted to leverage that to purchase new rentals, given today's market, would you do HELOC or cash out refi for down payment on new properties?
Ginger Schmidt
Buying my first investment
As a new real Estate investor, what should my first investment be? and should I own my own home before investing in my first investment? Thanks,
Kevin Cuthbertson
Condotel
Okay. Was approved for $80k to purchase a beach rental property to come and find out that the loan cannot be used to finance a condotel. Wow! I didn't know what that was beforehand and now we can't even use the pre...
Shaun Reilly
Rental Propety Tax Advantages
Owning rental real estate offers many tax advantages. I don't think anyone that has looked into the strategy for more than 15minutes would be surprised by that.
However it does drive me crazy when pe...
Ryan M.
Concern over current rental market
Given the uptick in the real estate market and strong demand for rentals, the concern I currently have is... are we making purchase decision based on the current strong rental demand, and eventually the tide will s...
Joe Matthews
When to purchase first investment property?
Hi Everyone,
I am committed to getting into the rental investment game and I am starting to grow my down payment funds for my first 1 or 2 properties.
I am on track to have $20,000 by April and $40,000 15 month...
J. Mitchell Bernier
FED Rates and Inflation Here to Stay
The two-day FOMC meeting is starting today, and most estimates predict 75 bps hike to be announced on Wednesday, with a small outside chance that 100 bps happens instead. While most expect this, some are still looking...
Laura Shinkle
Metro Areas Expected to Outperform National Housing Market
Hi BiggerPockets! I came across this information from the National Association of Realtors that I thought you all would find interesting if nothing else. It's a fairly concise report with lots of data. I'd love to hea...
Martin Nowak
Should I sell or should I go now?
That title is a reference to old punk rock song. I’ve had an investment friend suggest I sell my real estate holdings which is 5 singles family homes. He made a suggestion because of rising interest rates and home val...