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Carmel T. US citizen (living outside the states) - Financing options?
11 August 2023 | 3 replies

Hello everybody.
I made the decision to start investing in rentals in the second half of 2022.
My question is what are my options when in comes to financing deals (mortgages) if I'm an American Citizen (have SSN) bu...

Sarah Nation Best advice for new investors on their first purchase
25 June 2018 | 6 replies

As a newbie to real estate investing, I would love to hear from experienced real estate investors on their best advice for people starting out on this journey. My goal is to buy my first house hack in the DFW area by ...

Steven Natera Took 3 years but I got my first Single family home!
10 May 2020 | 9 replies

Backstory
Hi my name is Steven Natera. I'm a software engineer. I am from NYC, the land of unaffordable homes. Here is my story on how I landed my first property.
In 2015, I decided I would switch careers to become ...

Holly Yankus FHA Loan Owner Occupancy Rules
23 March 2017 | 14 replies

Hi, My husband and I bought a duplex in August of 2016 with an FHA loan. We had all intentions of living here for a year or more; however, we recently learned that we will be expecting another baby soon, and this plac...

Ray Agosto BRRR
25 January 2017 | 15 replies

I found a great single family house in my town. I wanna buy it and use it as a rental so i can become a landlord. I wanna do the BRRR process as in Buying it , Rehabbing the little things , Rent it out locally , Refin...

David Meier How do get more properties with a maxed out DTI?
10 May 2021 | 14 replies

Hello Everyone,My wife and I both work and we own 3 properties. We show rental income on our taxes, so we are a 3 income family. We are debt free except for our mortgages. Yet our biggest issue to get a new conventi...

Daniel Kramer I forgot the first step of BRRRR
18 May 2019 | 17 replies

Are there any other newbies out there who have listened to hundreds and hundreds of podcasts but completely missed the first step of BRRRR... BUY? My wife and I just closed on our first rental property, with great pla...

Christopher Rossi Seeking recommendations for Cleveland realtor w/ investor mindset
27 October 2018 | 6 replies

I am in the market for a buy and hold multi-family property in Cleveland, Ohio. I will be financing using a FHA loan and I am searching for a agent with experience in purchasing foreclosures. I am just beginning in re...

Jason Parfitt Feeling overwhelmed with Real Estate?
2 August 2018 | 0 replies

Are you feeling overwhelmed with your Real Estate start?  It makes sense, there's a ton of information to sort through and horror stories from 10 years ago of people going bankrupt. The amount of acronyms in real esta...

Sam T. Using FHA for "primary residence" and later renting it out?
25 May 2018 | 11 replies

I understand that FHA loans are only allowed to be used on a primary residence, so I'm wondering if there's anything illegal about getting a 3.5% down FHA loan and moving into the property, then eventually moving out ...