Rodney Mullen
SoCal newbie needing general broad introductory advice
Greetings bigger pockets community,
I am a long time BP lurker, first time poster. I was wondering if a newbie could get some general introductory advice from all you intelligent successful people. My long term goal ...
Lem Diaz
How do lenders view debt when looking at a 2nd investment prop?
Disclaimer: I live in the SF Bay Area (aka reallllly expensive to buy anything).Help me understand how lenders view debt. So let's say I purchase a SFH for $800k and put down 160k (20%). So now I owe 640k. For that ...
Tony Aliatim
Properties in Florida
Hello Everyone :).As we are all aware, Florida was recently devastated by Hurricane Ian. The pictures that came out were heartbreaking as it looks like most in Ian's path is toast.I read yesterday that many people own...
Corey M.
Renting out Primary residence - tax implications
As noted in another post, I'm considering renting out my LA condo, which will be cash flow negative in the range of $500/mo. I bought the house for $320k with 20% down, did a cash out refi recently and got a new $420k...
Sweta Jain
Realistic income estimates for STR
We are debating between and LTR and STR in orange county CA. I noticed that rents for LTR are pretty high but still will not be enough for positive cash flow. STR looks like an attractive option but I am a novice in t...
Pradeep Xavier thathew
Assuming an FHA loan and leasing the property to the seller
A seller is interested to sell the property to me and willing to lease the same property for 3 years. The seller holds an FHA loan on the property at sub 4% interest and have 27 years left in the amortization. The sel...
Amanda Arredondo
To Buy or Not to Buy: Military Spouse buys first home in Georgia
Hello Bigger Pockets Community,First I would appreciate any and all feedback to my question: is it a good idea for me to finance our first house?My question is should I finance the first home my husband and I will pur...
Steven Asifo
How do you structure partnership investing?
I am beginning down my journey through a partnership and I’ve heard many BP podcasts and have read people doing them, but not much detail on what it actually entails on paper. For example how does ownership reflect in...
Ross McKenzie
Realtor Buying Property I find instead of showing it to me
Re: How can a buyer avoid the situation where his realtor buys the property that the prospective buyer (me) asks him to show me? Said another way; Because most successful realtors are also property investors, what's ...
Joe M.
Agents, help me understand why no interior pics
Hopefully someone could help me understand why some listings on sites such as Zillow do not have interior pictures. For example, just looked at a listing with an experienced agent. There are 18 exterior pics and 0 int...