Luke Woodruff
First Deal for rental home in high appreciation area of Atlanta
Hi Bigger Pockets community! This is my first post but wanted to get some feedback on a deal my brother and I are working on in Atlanta. My brother is a mortgage broker for a firm in town and we have an opportunity to...
Allen Bannister
5% conventional house hack advice needed
I have never bought a house. I want to house hack using a 5% conventional loan. The triplex I'm looking at is listed at 130,000. Its in pretty decent shape other than some cleanup and foundation issues.
The 3 sty ho...
Gregg Pauly
Liquidating one 401K to enable borrowing from other 401K??!!
Hey there everybody. I'm trying to come up with money so I can put some "skin in the game" for a first real estate investment. My current income is spoken for being that it goes to family expenses. I know private ...
Brandon Turner
Fill in the Blank: In 2013 I Plan To ______________
Fill in the Blank: In 2013 I Plan To ______________.
I posted this on Facebook and Twitter as well. I'd love to get as many responses as possible, and maybe I can turn this into a BiggerPockets Blog post.
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Cash Flow
Hi- Just wanted know what investors are experiencing in terms of cash flow while using 50% of gross rents. Are you TRULY finding properties that produce gross rents equal to 2% of the properties purchase price??? ...
Robert McCormick
Tax Assessment Value Doubled - Will Annual Taxes Double? (Sussex County NJ)
The current tax assessment value of my property is $119,700 and I pay $4,188.30 annually in taxes. (2023 tax year)My house was recently revalued by an appraisal company with a 2024 assessment of $254,000. Does this ef...
Mindy Jensen
Flooding basement - what do you know about French Drains?
My neighbor's basement is flooding after some pretty heavy rain over the past week. They have called a basement guy out, who would solve the problem by jackhammering up the cement floor in the basement, digging a tren...
Austin Tam
When to sell vs. when to cash out refi
I own a property in Elk Grove (a suburb in Sacramento) that I'm looking at options to free up capital. We purchased the property in 2011 for 140k all cash. We've had the same tenants in place since we purchased the ...
Iris Sherman
Infill project - Greenhills, Nashville
I purchased property in Greenhills over ten years ago. This was (is) a rehab home I wanted to fix and flip. My mind has been blown away by what is going on in Nashville as far as "infill" market goes. I want to develo...
Khalid Haynes
Paying Off House Hacks
Hello All, I'm leaning towards the strategy of house hacking and focusing on paying off the mortgage of the house within 5-10 years. I'll be paying it off with my wife. We are 28 and on buying in about 3-4 years (we...