![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1678918/small_1621514719-avatar-blakeh120.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Can someone explain the velocity banking strategy? I have seen the concept explained as a way to use a HELOC to pay principle only checks to your mortgage as a way to pay off a loan in an extremely short amount of tim...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/133753/small_1621418533-avatar-sammie_kali.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Because I’m new to real estate I wanted some input on my best strategy based on my currently situation and goals.
Currently, I’m in Afghanistan and will be here until the end of 2014. Right now my real estate team c...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/472596/small_1621478213-avatar-carriez1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello Bigger Pockets community! I recently started real estate investing and bought my first rental property in Beverly Hills, Michigan. I just signed the contract this week. Could you guys tell me what are some of th...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/372699/small_1724852720-avatar-yetiboy.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi guys,Just wanted to share a small success story on challenging an appraiser, mainly because before I just (successfully) did it this week, I honestly wasn't sure if it was a thing you were "Allowed" to do, much les...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/911676/small_1694586165-avatar-michaelw378.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I am currently in the process of closing on my first property, a duplex that has both units rented through the End of April. Working with my lender and looking at my financing options available it appears my best opt...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/442031/small_1694669443-avatar-marks119.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Thank you in advance for any insight or advice you can provide! I will explain in detail the scenario below but will start off with the abbreviated version (TL:DR) version first.Thanks!TL:DRTenant suppose to be out en...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/28975/small_1621364647-avatar-calypsoe.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi. My wife and I live in California and purchased two homes out of state with Marshall Reddick in 2006. One single family home was in Florida and the other in North Carolina.
We are upside down on both homes and...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/233498/small_1621435047-avatar-jfleurim.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I'm an investor in Philadelphia and I run into this issue often. What do you say when you are calling a seller and they ask, "how did you get my phone number?" I have heard people say that they just say "county record...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/301707/small_1621442857-avatar-curtw8.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
What’s up guys? I’m currently seeking more information and advice for the Popular “BRRR” strategy. For the past year I’ve began seeking knowledge on the strategy and it’s ins and out. I think it’s a very beneficial me...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/8976/small_1621348716-avatar-juzamjedi.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Huge news story here about charges against top Enron executives.
The prosecutors have got to be feeling pretty good right about now... they got almost all of the big fish and they got them for huge crimes. Reminds m...