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Hello there,I am an experienced investor in STR. I own 3 properties and rental arbitrage 1 more with a net income of $400,000.But I am a newbie in LTR. I am looking to diversify and derisk my portfolio by buying and h...
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Hi,Quick intro about me... I own 2 properties in Oregon in the Portland Metro area... moved to CA 3 years ago from OR, and just bought my primary residence in CA in the East Bay. Looking to expand my RE assets/ inves...
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So me and my wife started are company almost 4 years now. Doing very well as far as cashflow and everything. Are current debt is $286,000 and alot of equity from other properties to use around $300,000 i wanna grow to...
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Austin metro keeps expanding. Jarrell is planning on a population surge of 50,000 new folks. Jarrell is on the north side of Georgetown and within the very fast growing Williamson County. That shows the growth pattern...
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Hello All! This is my first post although I've been an avid bigger pockets reader for a while now! So hello!I've been around real estate since before I was born, it's all my parents talked about around our house. They...
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I bought my first home in August 2020 and took out a loan of $450,000 with a 2.5% interest rate over a fixed 30-year period. Not surprisingly, most of my monthly payments are going towards interest with the 30-year fi...
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I bought my first home in August 2020 and took out a loan of $450,000 with a 2.5% interest rate over a fixed 30-year period. Not surprisingly, most of my monthly payments are going towards interest with the 30-year fi...
Hello!My Family business has been managing commercial property (industrial and multifamily) totaling 200+ units for many years with just Quickbooks and spreadsheets. Things run smoothly but it requires practice to alw...
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Cliff's Notes Below!We started our first rental this year... we turned our former primary residence into a rental and I had the help of a family member to do all of the paperwork. My help had over 20 years of prope...
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Does anyone have any general requirements for when to expand?For example how much money should you keep on hand per rental property in order to be comfortable to handle repairs?What should your overall debt to cash ra...