Dan Burstain
How to fight your property taxes in Austin and Central Texas
Property taxes bills are about to hit the mail and I thought I would help those in the Austin and Central Texas area know how to protest them. In my opinion, you should protest your taxes every year as it can only sa...
Benjamin Cowles
Where to get cheap postcard forever stamps
Preferably forever postcard stamps. Usually I use ebay for regular letter forever stamps I have gotten 2k for about 40¢/piece. About to include postcards in my campaign and would like to find similar deals if possible...
Jeremy England
buying costs excessive?
I'm calculating costs on a potential deal and got a loan estimate from a conventional lender. It seems the buying costs are way excessive to me. What do you think?loan amount: 80000Origination charges:3pct points: 2...
Louis Piront
Flip or Buy and hold?
Hi dear community,I'm a rookie out-of-state investor in a middle of a dilemma with myself, I've got my first proprety in port st lucie refinanced and was able to pull out 50k for the next move. Now, I've got my agent ...
Samuel Everett
financing issues
Hello everyone,
I'm new to the forum as well as the Atlanta area. My credit score is in the high 500s. I am working on improving that issue right now. I know there is money out there to finance my prospects but I am h...
Gayla Kemp
DTI score high when allowing new purchase of vacation rental
I need to see if anyone has any insight into this. My DTI score is at 48% high for a couple of reasons. 1.Husband has hourly job with required overtime and bonuses. Only base is looked at which leaves out (rounded ...
Forrest Hanson
New Member in the SF Bay Area
Hi everyone, I'm a new member of BiggerPockets based out of the Bay Area. I only recently found the site and am excited to learn and meet new people.My background is in communications, business consulting and manageme...
DM Compton
Seller Contract Cancellation
Hello, I have searched the forum but do not see what I am looking for so hopefully someone will lend some experience here.Here's the story: I listed my home and accepted an offer which I stated was my last and final w...
Rachid B.
Capital gain tax 5 years rule question
Hi everyone, I would appreciate if someone can answer this question for me.I bought a house in Houston in March of 2012. We lived in it for two years and been renting it since.I am selling my house next month which wi...
Jeff Sanders
Question on Title Charges portion of HUD-1
Greetings, I am closing on my first flip property on Monday and tonight I finally got the HUD (big hairy mess, foreclosure had already started, seller got notice but failed to mention it, but that's another story) ...