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Hello BP Community! Finally signed up to this platform, probably should've done a while back! Born and raised Chicagoan and dived in head 1st in the market over a year ago, took a chance on a 2 flat all brick multi-fa...
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If you consider yourself a newbie in real estate investing, specifically if you haven't done a deal yet, what is your biggest concern or worry about going all in and doing real estate full time?
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I understand the concept of leverage- using someone else's money. But do you flip the script by using a self directed IRA on if a deal works. My thought is a SD IRA basically gives you alternative to stocks. If I a...
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Hello Everyone!I'm looking to move into the Bend market and am seeking an agent who knows the area. A little about me, I'm new to investing in real estate and have been doing a lot of research for the Bend area. I pla...
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Hi all! I have a question about a P&L and a trailing 12 for an apartment building. I currently have a personal loan that I used for a down payment on an apartment building. The apartment building is in an LLC and ...
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Here is a story with lots of nuggets. But the take home.. there will always be obstacles. Charge through them.
We had a delay in closing and for a minute didn’t look like this house would get closed at all.
I canc...
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I’m currently in a VA loan on my primary house, I want to refinance in order to lower my payment but not sure what to do. I don’t believe I have 20% equity in order to refinance out of the VA loan so I can use it agai...
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Hello everyone,
I am sure this have been said before but I really wanted to get details on a few personal request about it,
I do have an investment house I bought 3 months ago (A), I am going to flip it very soon ...
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Considering some HELOC arbitrage and essentially buying next rental property with practically “no money down.”AHP Servicing: 10% preferred returnCurrent HELOC Rate: 4.49% variableAHP net return: say 7.5% (after taxes ...
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Hi! I'm Eric from southeast Michigan! I grew up in Holly and I currently live in White Lake. I've never actually lived in Detroit proper, but close enough!I know absolutely nothing about real estate and I've never own...