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For example, say you buy an $80k home with $20k down and spend $15k in renos. It goes up to $125k after a year of "seasoning", which is an increase of $45k. In newbie terms, what is the process of using that $45k incr...
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Hello, I am currently looking at purchasing my first rental property, being a single family home. I was intending to use a normal conventional loan to put down 25%, however that will absorb a majority of my available ...
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This is a DSCR newb Q. Is there any way to get a DSCR loan where instead of money down or to reduce the total up front $, we add sweat equity and use the equity produced by ARV in a BRRRR or BRSTRR to meet requirement...
Just looking for feedback to make sure I’m not missing anything - I will be house hacking my first place by living on the top 2 floors and renting out the basement suite, these calculations are for after one year I’ll...
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Hi All,So my wife and I just closed on a refinance for our home, we went from a VA loan to a VA IRRRL, and from 4% to 2.875%. Everything has gone well so far, except for one thing that worries me. The refinance docume...
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Hi folks, I recently closed on a new townhome that I purchased at $302990 and rented it within less than a week for $2100. I did secure an 7/6ARM for 6%, and plan to be able to refinance within the next few years to a...
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We just closed on our 9th deal and first of 2025 - sales price was $115,000 and total monthly cost is $890.
HCV in the area pays $2,200. Fully renovated property all new untilities it seems like a grand slam deal.
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Good morning BP people! I have a simple question that may help evolve my business plan that I hoping for some insight on. If I qualify for a primary mortgage of about 150k-180k, will I still be able to purchase say 10...
So my wife and I own one townhouse rental property in Clayton NC and have about 200k-225k in equity. We have only had one family rent it and they have just signed for another 2 yrs ( once that lease ends they will hav...
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Hi everyone!So, I've seen other's post about what to do with their equity but haven't found a strategy that's right for me. I own a 4-unit property in Brooklyn that I bought for $650k and is worth about $1.8M. Excelle...