Jacob Trimble
Buy or sell first bought property?
So I'll start off with the numbers with a home we purchased in Summerville SC. Purchase price: $217,500. Current principal: $204,000. Rent: $1,650. Mortgage: $1,216 We have lived in the home for two years and got orde...
Rafael Floresta
Estimating indoor repairs for a foreclosure
I got the gist of foreclosure auction here in my area, but I am still unsure of how I should estimate indoor repairs for foreclosures. I can estimate things like siding, roof, grading by driving by, but most of the...
Stephen Underhill
Vacation ideas
Hey everybody, I was looking into a family vacation next year and I realized, bigger pockets is full of people that work around the retail rat race, so my question is this, do you guys have any suggestions for family ...
Mark S.
Property Management, Inc. (PMI)
Has anyone had much experience with a property management company called Property Management, Inc.? It appears to be a franchise and there's one in my local market.
As a new investor (have yet to acquire my first r...
Account Closed
Buying out of state property’s
What do you guys think of buying out of state property’s as my first investment i live in nyc were it is to expensive to start out
Jason Carter
Pittsburgh neighborhoods with ARV's of 60-80K?
I'm exploring Pittsburgh for possible investing in SFH's. I flip lower priced homes, as well as buy and hold so I'm curious if there are any strong rental neighborhoods you can recommend with homes with ARV's in the b...
Yafei Tang
Deal that Makes Sense in Number, But...
Hello Everyone, I’m a new member of the BiggerPockets. I’m also quite new to the real estate investing. After learning from the books and the podcasts, I decided to start to analyze deals and maybe buy my first rental...
Rita Temple
FHA Loan and flipping first house
So please correct me if I'm wrong. But, I have to reside in the house for a year if it is a FHA loan? What if I was to find a house and use the FHA plus 203k loan, then once I'm ready to sell convert to a convention...
Jonathan White
Real Estate Investing Advice - Wholesale OR Buy & Hold?
I need a little advice as I prepare to take the plunge into Real Estate Investing in 2017.A little of my background I am 33 years old. I have been working in the mortgage industry for close to 8 years for one of the n...
Jeff B.
Purchasing a lease option
My wife and I are looking into purchasing a home, using a lease option. We have every intention on living in the house, and exercising the lease (hopefully 2 years) and completing the purchase. The home is listed ar...