Hi! I'm trying to decide if the home that we lived in as a personal residence and then converted to a rental is still a good investment or not. In the rental calculator do I put the current market value as the purchas...
I've often pondered the thought of intimately learning an industry, scooping up businesses, and building a small empire much like RE investors do. Dry cleaners, nail salons, etc. Sure there's less of them than SFRs or...
I've heard of this strategy where, instead of holding and renting a property for the length of the 30 year mortgage, you only keep it for a few years and then "trade up" to 2 properties or a better property. And you b...
Bigger pockets family!I am looking for single family rentals and I am going through the pre-approval process. How far in advance do yall recommend one gets pre-approved for a morgage? I understand that all hard pulls...
Hi BP - Do any of you have recommendations for investor friendly attorneys? Immediate need is for one to draft a Purchase-Sale Agreement for my use with multiple off market sellers. I would also like a reliable contac...
Hello Ladies and Gents!I am currently living in NY and looking for rental property opportunities in Wilmington DE but open to other areas. I am extremely green to this and would love all the wealth of knowledge everyo...
Hi, This question will not be first I guess. I am just starting to buy into my first rental properties. And like anyone else, intentions are to buy more as I go down the line. But with multiple properties, we are also...
I have a fair amount of equity in a property I own which I loose money on every month. I've been considering selling it and buying a few properties around the area I currently live in. In the new area properties are c...
Long story short. Purchased a townhome 2018 before the military using FHA loan. Joined military 2019 deployed, came back and bought a single family home in 2021 using VA loan. Both are currently being rented. Talked t...
I've had a few conversations with mortgage brokers and it seems common to NOT count the expected rental income on a property towards your DTI when looking at the loan for that property. That seems to be very limiting ...