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If I buy a home with conventional loan as a primary home. How soon can start renting it? Do I need to live there for a year first?
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I am looking at a luxury re sale condo, for my permanent residence, in a private community, which is located in one of the less prosperous areas of town. With that said, the quality of this neighborhood has slowly be...
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I am looking into getting a hard money loan..I want to use my Paid off home for collateral. I'm looking for only less then 20% of the value of my home..Credit is terrible that is why I'm thinking of going this route I...
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What should I do - buy my next primary residence and rent out my townhouse for a year at about a $500-$700/month loss (based on comps) or sell the townhouse when I buy the next primary residence and buy a cashflowing ...
Hey BP!I am in a dilemma and looking forward to hearing your feedback. I am entertaining the thought of selling or cash-out refinancing some of my rental properties. Initially, my plan was to reinvest the proceeds int...
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Hi,I'm currently looking into Philly market and shopping around the financing options.My scope is as follows; - I'm based in NYC, and moving into this Philly property might be a tough decision (I need to commute t...
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Hey everybody! I am new to the forums here, but have been listening to bigger pockets podcasts for a few years and have read a couple of David's and Brandon's books. I am 22, just graduated from college and am moving ...
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I have a client who recently completed a 3-year lease. They switched to month-to-month. I was planning on booting them out for a number of reasons but they offered to prepay for the year in advance. Since cash is king...
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A study by Corelogic reveals rent rates for single-family homes was up 11% from 2020 to 2021. Cities like Phoenix, Austin, San Diego, Orlando, and Las Vegas saw rates increase over 15% last year.If you rented a house ...
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Hi all,I've been looking into some syndicated real estate deals as an investor but am wondering in what ways this sort of thing goes wrong, underperforms, and so on. I'd love to read stories on syndicated investments ...