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Hey all,
I am looking for some advice as to what to do. We are looking to start our real estate journey and hopefully own enough doors to retire early. Me and my wife are 41 and have access to roughly 500k in asset...
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I'm looking at buying in an off market 4-Plex in Austin Texas using FHA financing where passing the self sufficiency test is iffy.In my calculations, 75% of the total rent covers approximately 100% of the PITI. Howeve...
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Trying to decide if now is the time to sell?
I currently own a single family house in Rochester, NH that is coming up on the end of its 12 month lease (end of November). I thought I was going to hold it for quite s...
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Hi BiggerPockets,
Quick Background: First time property buyer/investor. I've made heavy use of the rental calculator, as well as read through the Ultimate Beginner's Guide and Duplex Investing Guide. I have been loo...
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Hello,I am looking to purchase my first owner occupied rental property in the downtown Grand Rapids area.I would like some opinions from other Grand Rapids natives.The property I am looking at is located just south of...
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Hey BP community!Just getting started on the RE journey. Narrowed down to SFH or small MFH and house hack for my first property. Numbers don’t make sense in my market to do anything but a house hack without putting do...
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Hello,I've been looking at multi-family properties, mostly four-plex, to see if I can find a potential property to purchase. I did research on how to analyze properties to see if the deal makes sense or not. The kicke...
Hello! I've learned so much on BP, mostly from lurking over the last few years as I prepare to shift full time to RE. I'm curious to tap the brain trust here on any angles I may not have considered. Would love to hear...
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Hello everyone, for the past several months I have been passively educating myself on RE investing by listening to BP podcasts, reading through these forums, and analyzing some multifamily properties using the BP calc...
Purchased a lot and have been building a home for my family for over a year. I relocated jobs to be closer to the new location (2.5hrs away from previous location; St. Louis to Camdenton, MO). Home is getting closer t...