I'm looking at conventional financing to purchase a property, around 250,000 where I can pay 10% downpayment and get approved for the total amount. While the house needs small cosmetic upgrades, it sounds like it woul...

I typically charge the equivalent of one month's rent for security deposit.  For those of you who allow pets in your rentals, do you charge a pet deposit?  If so, how much?

Here's my situation... I have a 2/bd 1b home which is a total sq. ft of 720 no basement.  A week ago my tenants called and told me the a/c went out at 8 pm at night. We have had long heat waves here in the Midwest thi...

I recently participated in the bidding process on a pool of 180 non-performing second mortgages. It was a big hype because it was direct from a bank (through a broker) along with a substantial quantity of loans.
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Hey BP Community -- I'm in a bit of a weird situation where my 3bd/2.5ba, two-story condo in NoDa has appreciated $70k since July 2019 when I bought it. I no longer live in NC and turned this into an investment proper...

As a landlord, I am committed to improving my rental property while also being environmentally conscious. Installing solar panels and a new roof seems like an attractive option to achieve both of these goals. Currentl...

3 years following BiggerPockets “from the shadows” and decided 2019 is the year of taking action.I created my profile earlier but haven’t posted anything, mainly because I didn’t think I have anything useful to contri...

I recently bought my first home at 23 for 126,000. I put down 5% with a conventional loan and after appraisal, we came back with an appraisal of 145,000. Around 20k equity. I added in about 10-15k of rehab work. When ...

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A friend in retirement in their 70s is considering selling their house in Houston, TX to upgrade to a home perhaps 80% higher price point than their current property.  Their funding would be: A regularly rece...

I recently purchased a SFH (~2000sf, 3br, 2.5ba) in Maryland (good deal on a fixer upper with no major problems).  At first I was excited about all the renovation possibilities, but since I don't really see myself liv...