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Hello, fellow BiggerPockets investors!I am helping my brother find his second rental property. We are both in the beginning stages of our real estate investing careers and educating ourselves daily to be informed and...
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So I have not begun investing yet, but hope to as soon as possible.I hear from a lot of investors that they buy their first property, and then have trouble securing loans for the next 2 years, because they cannot coun...
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I am working on converting my conventional loans to portfolio loans to get around the 10 mortgaged property limit. From what I am reading, it doesn't matter how the loans are financed (ie conventional or portfolio), ...
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Hello, everyone. Does anyone know of a way I could get a loan that has a reasonable interest rate for a rental property, being that my income is low, but I have cash in reserves plus properties? Thanks!I am looking t...
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How many times are you able to access a VA Loan/FHA loan without refinancing previous loans? For context, I have used my VA loan twice, both as primary residents. I bought one at my second duty station then my second ...
BiggerPockets World.Really taking the time to deep dive our KPI's and had a few questions to clarify on what industry standards consider and define a response for direct mail and cold textingDirect MailIndustry standa...
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If I buy a house with my partner, lets say we buy a 300K house together.How will lenders look at it down the road if I want to buy more rentals by myself? Do the lenders look at the house that I am buying with my part...
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A friend (really) is scheduled to close next week on a tear down property with a construction loan. She was relying on cash from conforming cash-out refinances of two other properties to provide down payment / constr...
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Question for lenders (or anyone who understands how construction loans are underwritten). I’d like to know how to strategically order a series of transactions in order to qualify for a construction loan from a DTI per...
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Hello everyone,
I am looking for a bank in the Pittsburgh area that will count rental income towards income without waiting for two years. Let me know if you know any that will do this. Thanks in advance
Taylor