Carolyn Morales
Mortgage terms, 10, 15, 20 or 30 years and why?
For Mortgages, including Primary Residence and Rentals, Do you choose 10, 15, 20, or 30 year terms and why? We tend to go fewer years, with the mind to pay down principal faster and so far all are buy and hold, with ...
Daniel Toshner
Closing on my 151st unit in less than 24 months!
BP!I would have never been able to do it without the BP community! I will be closing on my 151st unit in less than 24 months. If you told me I would have more than a 100 units when I first started looking into real ...
Pablo Mendez
Journey of a wholesaling wife and husband team...
2018, a new year and a new journey for myself and my wife Amy. We have a long term goal of owning rental properties. Over the past year we have been lurking on biggerpockets and reading real estate books. This year we...
Tony Nguyen
How Much Real Estate VS Stock Do You Own?
Hello all,Right now, I currently have all real estate assets and no money in stocks. I met with a financial advisor yesterday, who is a trusted friend-of-a-friend, and suggests I put a chunk of money into tax savings ...
Adam Detig
Newbies/Lurkers: What is ACTUALLY keeping you from diving in?
For me, I have been a lurker on BP for about 4 months now. I've been reading every book I can get my hands on and burning through podcasts. I knew when I first got on the site, I would be moving across the country wit...
Edlira Clevenger
Can you rent a house purchased with VA loan?
Hi. I'm new to BP forum. I have some questions if someone can help. We have our primary residence purchased with Va loan. We are thinking to buy our first investment property and trying to figure out the best option ...
Sean Bramble
Home value declines in 2nd home markets
Hey everyone - I’m listening to the latest On The Market podcast and they are specifically talking about value declines in 2nd home markets due to demand from 2nd home buyers drying up due to rising rates/ affordabili...
Atanas Petrov
Dilemma Short Term Vacation Rental Property or Long Term Rental
Hello everyone,I've been deliberating whether to purchase a vacation home, with the intention to run it as a short term rental preferably within 2-5 hours from Los Angeles where I live. I can not identify a vacation ...
Michael Franklin
Agent refusing estoppel agreement
Hey folks.I'm under contract on a 4-plex and one of my contengencies is the review and approval of lease and estoppel agreements for all tenants within three weeks of contract acceptance. My issue is that the seller's...
Karan Nanda
BRRR Strategy
I was just reading a post by someone and he mentioned the BRRR strategy.I like this approach but have a question on the refinance part of it.I am still a beginner and the idea i have so far is to buy a rent ready prop...