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Hi, BiggerPockets community! My name is Ken Jin. I’m from NYC this is my first post on this site. I want to invest in New Haven CT, (06516) area hopefully walking distances between Yale University, looking to inves...
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I secret shopped my competition to see what I can be doing better. I called 6 companies in St. Louis to see how they handled my call. What their offers were. As well as general quality. (Full report on my blog) What I...
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Hi Everyone,We are custom finishing one of our flips for the first time. The interested buyers have loosely agreed to a 5% deposits and a (negotiable) 50% deposit on any upgrades. They haven't yet asked me about ref...
My wife and I are looking to buy our first investment property. Our primary goal is to create a steady passive income stream. We hope to be able to purchase around one property per year. We are thinking of buying ...
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My husband's uncle is looking to sell his two family property and we are interested in buying it. There is no mortgage on the property and we are hoping he will consider seller financing. We have a few questions: 1. C...
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Hello BiggerPockets! I'm completely new to real estate ownership and investing but am looking to gather some information to jump into some out-of-state buy-and-hold multifamily properties. I'm based in San Francisco...
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My family and I are planning on using an FHA loan to house hack a small multifamily property (2-4 units) before May 2018. My job as a physical therapist allows me to pretty much work anywhere in the country, so moving...
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My wife and I are looking into purchasing our first investment property and are interested in a short term rental. Our primary goal to start is to create cashflow because we are going to have kids soon and the wife w...
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Hello!Does it make sense to use the appreciation gained from our current rental properties to pay down our primary residence mortgage? We currently cash flow about $600/month on 2 rental properties. However, if we w...
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It looks like I have finally found a small bank that will approve a mortgage for me. I currently own my primary residence & rental free and clear. It's not approved yet, but here are the quotes I was given:
PRIMA...