Do retail home buyers care as much about home value as investors do? Investors buy to make a profit, so I can see why home values are very important to them. Retail home buyers are buying to live in the homes not to m...

We are purchasing a beach condo STR purposes. Our broker had offered us these loan options:
20% down at 8.5% interest, $65000 down, $1999 monthly
25% down at 7.5% interest, $81500 down, $1704 monthly
We wanted to k...

Monday I finally closed on rental number 8. I had signed the closing docs and everything two weeks ago, but the title company jumped the gun and the seller ( Fannie Mae) had not approved docs yet. They rescinded t...

Hello BP Community!My Name is John Belluardo and I am a junior accounting student at Ohio State. I just wanted to introduce myself and start to connect with the community. I have been studying real estate for the past...

We have a tenant that has been very difficult to deal with. When we contact him he just does not answer most of my text messages and calls. His lease ended on January 31, 2024 and he is now on the month to month from ...

Would it be too much to say that Brandon Turner and Bigger Pockets helped us thrive in the era of COVID? I don’t think so. We’ve gone from two full-time jobs to one and we’ve become accredited investors almost by acci...

Hey BP Family,  I want to thank you all for the great advice I've received over the last few months; it's all starting to pay off.  A week ago today I closed on a duplex in Olathe, KS using an FHA loan.  Two days late...

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Ok I am currently living in Nashville and I am still in the process of actively learning and studying real estate while I work my full time job. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get s...

I’m playing with the idea of buying for cash flow and for occasional vacation use in either of these countries. I saw (online and YouTube) a couple very nice developments in Cebu (Mactan Newton) and Manila.

I have n...