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What's going on guys I recently just purchased my first duplex. I'm going to be house hacking it for the first year. But eventually, I'm gonna need to move on and get my self another property. How would you guys fund ...
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Hello,
Just discovered bigger pockets and excited about investing and looking for financial advice.
-purchased home 2016 $0 down 3.75%
-with mortgage plus monthly costs, it currently rents with a cash flow of $850 ...
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Am I in a good finance position to buy a rental property? My husband and I are thinking to purchase our first rental property upstate ny for about $200k so we can have another source of passive income. Here is our num...
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I bought a house a few months ago with the intention to hold as a rental but learned my lesson to not buy houses built prior to the 80s, 70s at most. I've gone over budget not terribly but enough to where I just don't...
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Went to my lender for new loan. Have three other properties with these folks. Credit score is excellent and plenty of cash on hand with minimal d/I ratio. Bank can't loan anything less than 125k because they couldn't ...
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Hi all, just wondering if I could get some insight from those that have gone before.I bought a rental 4 years ago, payments amortized over 30 years but the lender would only give me a 5 year term (I think they have th...
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Can any lenders who do conventional lending tell me how wide a snapshot you’d take of my debt obligations when calculating DTI? Like, does the short-term debt service I have now really hamper my borrowing capability f...
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This is a VERY proactive post, but I know finding a general contractor can take some time so I wanted to put a pin out now.Does anyone have either a recommendation for a specific general contractor who works with FHA ...
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Hello everyone,I've been following Bigger Pockets for a while and working to get my credit ready for the best loan & interest rate possible. However, I've run into an issue that I haven't seen discussed much in my...
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Hello BPers!!Now I am working on my first flip ever (have a few deals already analysed) I am 21 and in between jobs decided to take this time off and read into real estate investing instead of sitting around and watch...