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Greetings,
I am Ghazi, residing in the Chicagoland area, and I am relatively new to the field of investing. I have dedicated considerable effort to acquiring knowledge by engaging with podcasts, reading books, and ac...
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Hi All!I've been a long time lurker on BiggerPockets, but working on getting more involved in the investor community - specifically, the multifamily side of things.For those of you who own, manage, are looking for, or...
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I was 4 months along trying to refinance my primary residence, the appraisal came back that the single family house is zoned general commercial and now the bank won't finance because if it was ever destroy over 80% th...
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Hello,
Fellow SFH landlord here. Had an idea that I wanted to run by y'all. What would you think of building new (using a "build on your lot" stick builder) a single-family home that had say 6 large bedrooms, each wi...
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I have several short term rentals with positive cash flow well over the mortgage payment. When I go to purchase a primary residence on a conventional loan, my DTI ratio is too high because the bank won’t count the sho...
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Hi, we are newbies and hope to get pre-approved soon for our first STR deal. Trying to wrap our heads around the best way to approach financing. Should we pull cash from our current stock/mutual funds (based on cur...
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hi BP community. Does anyone know of any doctor loans that allow for buying a multi-family home?
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Hello BP,I've never dealt with a situation like this before, so I could really use the expertise of the BP community. This is a lot of information and questions for one thread, so I'll try to break it up using bullet...
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I have three rentals with a mortgage payments, plus my own primary residence. I have another property free and clear. I have four months worth of reserves for mortgages. BUT I fully expect to be lay off from my job. T...
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Hi Everyone!
My name is Kevin Sabatino. So, what got me into Real Estate Investing? In my opinion, a miracle from GOD is the short answer. The story started with my wife and I not knowing the first thing about when,...