Jacob Breazile
First Duplex Purchase
Happy Wednesday everyone! I've just finished going through the prequalification process and am getting ready to purchase my first MFH. I have spent a lot of time reading through guides like Brandon Turner's How to Est...
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$500k Preapproval- Austin TX House Hack Duplex POSSIBLE?
Preapproved for $500k looking to buy 1st house hack duplex in Austin TX or neighboring areas. When I run the math it’s always a huge negative cash flow… and I don’t have many options within my budget for places in nic...
Hunter B.
I’m ready for my 1st purchase...but it’s a sellers market
About me:So if I have finally gotten to the point where I’m ready to make my first purchase. My end goal isnt to be loaded rich,but rather have some financial freedom at some point. I love my job so I will never quit....
Stewart Ramakuri
Need Advice on Buying First Rental Property
Hey guys! I need some advice here, and don’t know who to talk to.
I’m working full-time at a real estate investment firm in Greenville, SC. I’m thinking about getting into real estate investing. I work for an investo...
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What are you doing with rental income?
Hi Readers,
Question for anyone who is currently receiving rental income - what are you doing with that money?
I have a multi-family property in NYC where I am cash flowing anywhere from $300-900 a month depen...
Nick Causa
Getting crushed by HELOC interest
Quick background: We purchased a multi family that was to be a live in flip and to fund the purchase and the reno we leveraged our primary residence at the time. We moved into the live in flip and once the flip was ov...
Stephanie Hay
Financing for the Self Employed
For about 2 1/2 years, I have been Self-Employed. According to my tax return, last year I broke even. While my income has increased drastically this year, I will still have some deductions. I've been thinking about fi...
Joe Arida
Detailed Experience Story: First House Hack
Hello to everyone!On October 31st I closed on my first Duplex. It is in Fitchburg, WI. This is my detailed recollection of the buying process. For anyone who reads the whole thing I truly hope it helps you and please ...
Ben Hudnall
Calculating Cash Flow - Am I missing something?
Hey all, first real post here.I have been looking at units with my broker and trying to analyse every property I can get specs on. The majority of them look similar to the following:Number of doors: 2Total Rent per mo...
Ron Masek
New Member - Cleveland, OH
Hi all. I stumbled across this incredible wealth of Real Estate information when researching info on a potential first investment. I currently have ZERO real estate experience (Sales Engineer for my day job), but have...