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Late in 2021 I used a HELOC as the down-payment on a duplex in Michigan. The duplex was turnkey, but has the potential to add a couple bedrooms in the future. Currently it is fully rented so will probably add rooms ...
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Obviously a wise person would put away 6 months to 1 year of operating expenses for any property. Assuming that one did this, when following the 50% rule, is the property then labeled "self-sufficient?"
If this is t...
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Hello Bigger Pockets family! So I want to get started into buying rental properties and would like to know if any of you guys have purchased a unit or more through seller financing? If so, how do you structure it? Do ...
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Hello,
I have a 5–10-unit apartment building under contract in Plymouth County and I'm looking to see who people have been using for lending both private and bank lenders. It's stable but will be around 1.0 DSCR day ...
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I have some equity in my current residence that I’d like to use as a down payment on a long term rental. Would the average lender be against using a HELOC to do this? How would it affect my debt to income?
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I am a new investor from Denver looking for my first deal (probably out of state). I don't have much in the way of personal funds to start investing, but I probably have around 75k available if I were to take out a HE...
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Hi all,I'm just beginning to educate myself about the brrrr strategy. I have been looking at the brrrr calculator and I just can't figure out how the total cash invested is calculated. Could someone please help me und...
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I wanted to reach out to the BP community and lean on you for advice and to learn. I have a client (I'm a licensed RE agent) who's home I am selling. I was just approached from a neighbor who is interested purchasin...
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What kind of interest rate and terms would you look for on $50k for my down payment on a deal. Maybe I'm asking the wrong group here. I have 3 single family homes that I've purchased on my own with 30 year fixed finan...
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Hi BP,I would like to do a survey of investors who have more than 10 properties and have bank financing. What are the terms of your loans? The banks/credit unions that I have been talking to in Omaha, Nebraska on ...