Fred Stevenson
to leverage or not to leverage
My home is paid off, and I'm taking 80% out of my house in a 30 year refinance loan. My plan was to purchase three - five SFR's for cash using 20% of my own cash and 80% from the refinance loan for each purchase. Tha...
Melissa Lee
To Leverage or not to leverage?
I have a condo in SF with about 40% LTV. Its currently rented out. I'd like to refi and pull money out to purchase the commercial unit below it. How much should I pull out? I can go up to 60% and still take a chunk of...
Clark Bown
How much leverage is too much leverage?
Just this month my wife and I closed on our first home and rental property. We plan to house hack by renting the bottom unit while living in the top. We’ll be doing some rehab to the bottom and hope to have renters in...
Ron Thomas
House prices will never outpace inflation over time, its impossible.
Let me start by qualifying the title of this post with a couple statements. First, I’m not talking about your neighborhood specifically, although given a long enough period the title is likely to be very close to app...
Bill Gulley
NUTS WITH GUNS
I'm all for gun ownership, I own several myself, but do we have any responsibility to inform authorities of those you are clearly having mental stresses or conditions that could lead to the Batman shooting this mornin...
Angel Perez
Leveraged Loans???
Does anyone know what the requirements are for leveraged loans? Maybe someone could provide some insight and educate me about them.
It is my understanding that if I have say $100k, I can use it as collateral to secur...
Kenneth Shelley
leveraging capital
I met with a potential private lender with funds over 100,000 liquid. How could I leverage private capital as a cash down payment to purchase large rental assets?
Jimmy Humphrey
Over Leveraged?
Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me. I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...
Marquest Page
Leverage Buyout
Hello biggerpockets members. I'm relatively new to the site and have been passively reading on the REI business for a few months now. Obviously I have tons of question and I am sure some of them may be out there. I've...
Jacob Benninger
Leveraging Scrappy
Hello everyone, I am very new to the world of real estate and I am about 8 months out from being able to jump in (Finishing up College). My question is about sweat equity and using my own physical time to get ahead as...