Jayme Jahns
Buying house with a possible break even or negative CF
Hello, I am looking at one of the last options in my price range of a duplex in Auburn, WA. List price is 235,000. But rents are only 1390 a month. We are shooting for offering 215 and counting on raising rents to at ...
Kevin Christensen
Starting Out - Spouse NOT on board. What do I do? HELP!
BP,I am in the education phase right now. I am consuming every drop of information I can via reading, blogs, podcasts, YT, etc. I am ready to move forward with my first property as soon as the first of the year, may...
Shiloh Lundahl
Newbies: Eager to learn or Entitled?
I know that BiggerPockets looks down on guru education programs and seminars that cost thousands of dollars to teach people what they can learn for free on this website. However, I didn't find BiggerPockets until afte...
Raeshelle C.
Best way to start out investing with $10K?
How would you invest in your first rental property if you had $10K? I am going to get a personal loan so that I can get started. I want to buy and hold. I live in MA. I could house-hack first and do it through FHA and...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: Are you buying properties in our current market and why
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Brandon Miller
Pay off rental mortgage or reinvest?
Hello next year I will be buying my first rental property. I wanted to get your opinion on paying off your rental property mortgage one at a time before buying the next rental or not? The way my numbers will work out ...
Sarah Young
Would you renew a lease on a disrespectful tenant?
She has been there a year and a half and on multiple occasions has been demanding and rude to me. She’s also a former lawyer for the FBI. She is very demanding, and kind of high-maintenance. But she always pays her re...
J. Lamar Ferren
Attention Birddogs: This is a Must Read For You! (7 Steps To Get Started Now)
The purpose of this posting is to give you Birddogs (Property Locator sounds better) a little help in getting started in the birddog world. I just want to outline your responsibilities as a birddog and how to avoid pi...
Brian Cole
First investment, a success story.
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Pensacola.
Purchase price: $62,000
Cash invested: $8,000
Sale price: $160,000
Small townhome in a higher end suburban neighbo...
Mo Ahmad
Cash on cash metric
Hi,
I have noticed that CoC metric is almost always negative when I put 3.5% down payment.
Keeping all other factors same and only changing down payment from 3.5% to 20%our CoC gets a lot better.
With that being ...