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Hi all,
I need some clarity. Should I get a pre approval for a hard money loan before searching for properties. Or do I find the property first?
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I’ve been investing in real estate for 12 yrs. This year was doing really great with low inventory, low rates and properties were selling like cup cakes until 2 weeks ago when the coronavirus kicked in....I recently p...
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I'm about to start building a new house and leaving the basement unfinished right now so I can do a house hack in the future (maybe summer 2021). Are there any things anyone would recommend I do now during the initia...
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When
doing refinance what LTV Ratio do you guys think is good? I've heard
70% is the norm but my realtor suggested 60% LTV to be more risk averse.
I'm
thinking with 70% LTV it will give me more money to buy mor...
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I’ve been a single and small multi family real estate investor for over a decade, I started at 19. I also acquired a couple of commercial buildings along the way. In 2020 I got into self storage investing with my frie...
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Hello Everyone,I am new to real estate but, close your eyes and imagine the feeling you had the first time you played with a balloon as a child. Take that to the Nth degree and that is where my head & heart are at...
Hello,I'm 25, and new to REI. I've been interested in investing for some time now and I hope. To buy my first property this year. I work in Tech and live in Seattle, however, I'm moving to Chicago in August. Is anyone...
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Hello BP,I have about 200k in equity on my primary residence. Wanted to see some peoples opinions on how I can use that equity to invest in real estate HELOC, Cash out refinance ect. Looking to either flip or purchase...
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Hello Biggerpockets,I have a realtor that emails me weekly about certain property's. With that can i try to wholesale via realtor for example , a house thats 200k and i wanna buy the house or what ever at 160k can the...
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Hi Everyone! I am an investor (using this term loosely) in San Diego who has 1 rental property here that is cash flowing (used to live in it then moved out). Im interested in aggressively growing my real estate portf...