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Good day everyone!
Let me start by saying, I am so grateful I have found Bigger Pockets and everyone in it. I have been reading through all the forums, attending webinars and listening to the podcasts. Thoroughly enj...
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An ugly headline, an even uglier reality. Rental Debt is estimated at $25 Billion (Source: Stout, a global investment bank/advisor). Housing subsidies included in Covid Relief Legislation will not come near resolving...
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Thought this was pretty interesting. Goldman Sachs is buying a hard money lender called Genesis Capital. It seems hard money has mostly been a number of smaller independent 'mom and pop' lenders but now it seems the b...
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I am getting my Italian citizenship, and using that as a tool to invest in airbnb style properties abroad. Does anyone have any experience doing this? Would love to chat.
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Hi
I am not looking for an investment I am a first time buyer, I cannot find creative financing at all. I have 20-50% down depending on property, I have a 550 fico. Just a bunch of credit card collections. ...
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I am planning to move home to the Birmingham area soon and invest in a few rental properties there. I am looking for some advice on a profitable, safe area that brings good rental income and doesn’t include bullet hol...
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Hi BP,Looking for some financing advice as I find myself in a terrific cashflow position that lenders should love loaning to but on paper I'm falling short. The primary factor for both circumstances is that I rent out...
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As I've said before, we're totally new at this.We're in the process of selling our single-family home to buy a multi-family we'll owner occupy. So far, we're interested in two properties:-A triplex that is full of hap...
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Responses to a recent poll indicated a sentiment among the BP audience that suggests that members of this forum believe that rates are going to decline over the course of 2023.
I do not believe this, and want to mak...
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Hello -
Foreclosed & abandoned home in my Knoxville neighborhood, been vacant 5+ years now and is deteriorating quickly. Tree fell on the roof several years ago, county removed the tree, but the roof has...