BP's, I am looking into getting a HELOC on my primary residence and I was wondering if it will effect my DTI ratio when I go and apply for a conventional or commercial loan in the near future? For instance: If I get a...

Just listened to episode 449 of the Real Estate Rookie podcast with Diem Martin.  Her story of success is inspiring and she has certainly sacrificed in building her current portfolio.  I am bothered by the casual natu...

I currently live in a HCOL area and after doing some math, it doesn't make sense to purchase a place to live in and rent out (house hack) vs. just getting a very cheap room in a shared house. For instance the 2bed 2ba...

Hey everyone! First real post here, so here goes. I have decided to get into the investing scene very hard this year and would like to start up a discussion on owner finance deals. I am not in a position that I could ...

Hi guys, I've been reading about investing but I need more information about how to start or the tools that I need to learn more before taking any course  

There have been several threads recently about trying to grow portfolios past 4, 10, or X properties. It seems everyone has unique problems based on their credit, income, liquidity, leverage ratios, type of income, e...

I bought a 40 acre farm property 3 minutes from town last July for $367k. I have put $275k into improvements. 
I’ve had several brokers out last week and all of them have given me comp reports in the $1.2m to $1.3m r...

23 months ago I purchased a 2007 vintage 3/2 1156' single family home in a growing development for $89K to live in while working at TAMU. This house is on the small end of the range for this neighborhood.  I have sinc...

When you are picking which lender to finance your project... What makes the difference in a  Good lender and a Bad one? What are you looking for to help you grow your business? 

One of the things that I've done in the past is to pool my properties of small multi family along with other landlords to cut the cost of servicing them or improving them.  I want to try to grow this group even larger...