When your purchasing a home is the price of your mortgage payment based just on income and credit or what other factors come into play with how much your monthly fee will be ?

Does mortgage payments vary depe...

I'm planning to use a GC when I find my first house (assuming it needs enough work to require a GC). Is there a rule of thumb for what % markup I should factor in for the GC when estimating the repairs to determine ho...

First applicant for my first property just arrived.  1BR/1BA condo, has been on the market for roughly 40 days with no serious inquiries until today.  I'm thinking the reason I haven't been getting any hits has to do ...

BP I just want to know...Do you think that Trulia Crime Mapping gives an accurate feel when it comes to the quality of a neighborhood?! I ask because, looking here in Chicago, of course we have a ton of streets that a...

Hello everyone. I run a real estate investment company that focuses on investing in defaulted promissory notes secured by commercial and residential real estate nationwide. We also invest directly in fee simple real e...

Hi BiggerPocket Members! My name is Thomas Franklin. I have owned Commercial Properties and have rehabbed and sold several homes. My REI Experience began, in 1998. Due to insufficient Asset Protection, I was wiped out...

Hey everyone!I’m working on a deal and want to see if the seller is interested in seller financing, this will be my first seller financing deal and I want to come to the table with terms so we have a starting place th...

Hello BiggerPockets,
I'd like to open a discussion on an unconventional approach to real estate investment: utilizing unsecured term loans instead of the traditional route of mortgages. This strategy might sound unor...

I'm wondering how often you re-paint the interiors of your single family rental homes? I have one in a college town and though it mostly rents to graduate students or community members, most people there will rent for...

Friend led me on to this site. Curious how legitimate the leads (Pre-foreclosure, tax-delinquent, & absentee owners) will be. the Salesperson seemed to know what they were talking about. Wanted to get y'all's prof...