Joel A.
Question about renting out with an owner occupied mortgage
I have been living in my current house for 9 years, about 5 months ago, I refinanced the loan for a better interest rate. My company recently moved to a different location and I would like to rent out my current hom...
Chris Magistrado
Digging Into the Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Major Landlords
As someone fascinated by the intersection of housing, technology, and fairness, I couldn’t ignore the Justice Department’s latest lawsuit against six of the largest landlords in the country. It’s not every day that ac...
Octavian Cross
Lease Option Assignments
Hello everybody! I hope I'm posting this question in the right place. If there are any agents out there doing these transactions, are you going through your brokerage? Also how are you advertising for tenant-buyers on...
Jim Stevenson
Pay off debt vs saving for down payment
Hey everyone, I know this question has probably been posed a lot but I wanted to see if I could get some feedback on my situation. Back in September I started the uphill battle of paying off mine and my wife's $55k wo...
Nils Schulze-Halberg
Atlanta agents for investors?
Hi,
I was wondering if any of the Atlanta members had any recommendations for agents specializing on investors. I've contacted a few agents through the regular real estate sites, but there seems to be a tendency to w...
Kelvin Lee
How to cope with the high interest rate?
After enjoying 3.4% interest rate over the last five years, I'm now confronted with the challenge of managing a 6% interest rate in the coming year. This is a source of significant concern for me. Moreover, the rate o...
Frankie Woods
Experiences of a "Relatively" New R.E. Investor (military member)
Hi all, I figured I start a forum post detailing my experiences as a new-ish real estate investor. I've written a couple of blog posts, but it may be better to use the forums as well to generate some active discussi...
Sean Woods
Next steps? Pay down mortgage for more equity or save separately?
Hello,I am very new to investing for my future. I previously thought that buying my house would propel me in the right direction but now I am realizing I would have much rather purchased a multi-family property with m...
Alexander Felice
Looking for BP members to be on a webseries
Hey friends, my name is Alex and I have been around BP for about 7 years. I'm an investor, I have been on the real estate podcast, I write for the BP blog, I'm the photographer for the BPcon event, and I absolutely lo...
Matt R.
Looks like Amazon hq2 is NYC and VA
I just read it looks like HQ2 is going to NYC and Virginia. NYC for talent attraction and VA/DC for politics is my guess. Thoughts?