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I am a 3 weeks out from closing on a residential property with a full basement that I plan to convert to dual living or short term rental. The home is early '60s in construction and has 9x9 tile (looks like Armstrong)...
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Hi BP Fam,I am looking to step up to the next level beyond 2-4 units and dabble in the 5+, which means I can't go conventional or even hard money. What options are there? I've been reading up on Commercial Real Estate...
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Hello to my friends of the BiggerPockets Connecticut Community!
I’ve been reading all of your posts (I've learned SO much!) and thought I would finally jump in and finally post myself!
I am new licensed Connecticut ...
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Hi BP Familia,If you're reading this, I hope your families are all healthy and staying sane! My company is getting to a deal flow point where I can no longer handle running the show myself. We are a fully integrated r...
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Looking at the overpriced housing market and the work involved on some of the projects, I decided against them so I have been dealing with things that are mostly handsoff (crowdfunding, etc). Still, I really want to ...
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Greetings fellow BiggerPocket members, a year and a half ago I came across BiggerPockets.com while looking for my fifth room-mate sharing rental house and knew that I needed to start a plan to invest in real estate. ...
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I just got a HELOC on my investment portfolio, so I can buy my next building with "cash".
I dumped all my operating funds in my HELOC to minimize the interest.
Now, I get a wrenching gut feeling that this HELOC can ...
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I have been looking at doing a DSCR loan but looks like I'm giving up on that as DSCR loans require bank statements anyway and if I'm going to provide that, I might as well go Conventional and have significant rate sa...
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Just purchased my first single family rental. Any tips on how to manage it effectively without over complicating things?Is a software such as RentRedi worth it? Or would it be best to keep it simple with my own spread...
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First I want to say that I appreciate all of your help and answers in advance! Thanks for your time!I started writing letters to a list of people in my area. Off market properties. I'm a newbie and I asked one pro wh...