I'm trying to retrain my brain on this kind of product compared to the traditional Principal and Interest.  My thought is why wouldn't I do an all interest 10 year loan at 4.99%?  Prepayment penalty is only the first ...

Currently living in South Florida. Love it here but looking to relocate to an area with a younger age demographic. Austin, TX is down 20-30% from peak asking prices and I don’t see it getting better with the current e...

Hi all,We are considering shifting our focus more toward STR, like everybody else :) There are a couple of Caribbean islands that are close to our heart, and that we feel reasonably safe starting out in. Questions as ...

Purchasing a 6 unit property in Maine (cold, snow), 3 separate buildings, that has separate oil furnaces for each unit.  All of the furnaces are 20+ years old and the tanks are corroding.  There is no natural gas in t...

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I have been looking long and hard for where to buy a second home that we might spend about 2 months a year at on average when we escape the Cleveland winter - So many places my head starts to spin...

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I am looking at purchasing a vacation rental in Hawaii (very early). I am out of state and plan on using a management company.

I am only interested in going forward if I am cash positive.

When I start...

There is so much speculation among realtors, lenders, and real estate investors about the “shadow inventory.” I wonder what’s really going on behind the scenes at the banks with regard to releasing inventory? Does any...

How can i screen for alcoholism etc. Once discovered can i evict for that?

I recently closed on an apt community which puts my company controlling $190,000,000+ worth of apartment communities. We have 11of them and…11 out of 11 are in Texas. In fact, 9 out of 11 are in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW...

BiggerPockets Community! I am so happy to be posting my first ever question on the forums. Long-time listener, first-time poster.As the title suggests, I'm gearing up to buy my first ever property. I have a realtor, a...