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Hello Everyone! I need some advice, I am in the process of renovating my first ever home (which is taking far too long due to bad contractors) and I would like to eventually turn it into a STR or mid-term rental. The ...
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Question: Is it better to use cash or credit to buy real estate? Guidlines:Cash: You have enough cash to buy a piece of property outright. Credit: You are taking a loan with 20% down and 10% interest rate fixed. You c...
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Investment Info:
Other buy & hold investment in Galveston.
Purchase price: $169,000
Cash invested: $52,000
Sale price: $242,500
We purchased a 1 bed, 1 bath beach condo in Galveston, TX. It h...
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Hi All,
General question for a specific situation.
What is the best way (ways) to determine what are the most active listing agents in a given area? (I have done the obvious, drive around and write down names of e...
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I’m just starting out here. The next step for me is to set up the LLC. I got bids from a few lawyers and was surprised at the cost ($700 flat fee plus registration fees, etc). I see Legal Zoom has options to form an L...
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Hello,
I am new to the Bigger Pockets community. My husband and I are looking into purchasing our first investment property. We have a primary residence that has about 350k of equity. Our current rate is 3% so a ca...
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This may seem like a super basic question.... I've got my "team" together and my financing and finances are all set... But... How have folks had success assessing a particular town's rental market to truly understand ...
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My business partner and myself are about to purchase some land and place a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom shipping container home on it in the North GA mountains. Its a 40ft container on the main floor and a 20ft container on ...
Hi,
I am a student working on my capstone project to create an application that can give a user house buying/renting recommendations based on their current purchasing amount. I am currently working on creating this ...
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Hey all, wondering who is planning on attending the BP conference in New Orleans? I attended the 2019 and thought it was good but left me feeling lacking, anyone else? Any ideas to improve? I am on the fence at this p...