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Griffin Hines 3-5% down on a primary residence
20 October 2023 | 5 replies

It's my understanding that I can buy a house for 3-%5 down as a primary residence, "house-hack" it while I live there, and then rent it out fully after I've owned it for one year.
Is it possible to rent it out for sh...

Jerry Skefos Website Idea: Investors can review their Lenders
16 May 2024 | 4 replies

I've personally worked with a handful of "investor-friendly" lenders, primarily on DSCR loans in recent years, and each time I've run into significant delays, lack of transparency about the process, have been fed the ...

David Slovak Fourplex/House Hack: How do I remove a tenant to live in a unit?
10 June 2016 | 6 replies

Good day,I am extremely interested in making an offer and purchasing an older income producing fourplex.  Each unit has a private fenced (newly updated) patio and the units have a new roof.  I am in the approval proce...

Matthew Rinaldo Property Managment contract question
13 May 2022 | 8 replies

I am about ready to rent out my first LTR. I feel more comfortable with a property manager for the first one at least. The cost doesn’t seem that bad and won’t hurt cash flow that much. In the contract they state that...

David Soest Debt to income and rental properties
6 October 2015 | 4 replies

If you buy a rental and you profit say $250.00 a month or even just break even, does the mortgage count against your debt to income ratio or does the rent cancel out the mortgage payment? Thank you.

Dalmar Segrest-Brooks Started a new company In February 2018 cant get mortgage plz help
13 July 2018 | 10 replies

Hey, my name is Dalmar Brooks, I've been reading/listening to bigger pockets over the last few months.  my problem is I just started a business and all the banks I have gone to for a mortgage loan turned me down.  I'm...

Bukka Levy Turn Key. Why all the hate?
24 May 2019 | 116 replies

 Not my first post about buying out of state but I am perplexed. Why all the hate towards “turn key”? To be more direct, if it meets the bigger pockets guidelines/numbers, what’s the problem?And if you can resist, thi...

Engelo Rumora How much profit should you make on your first flip?
6 April 2017 | 67 replies

I know when you first get started investing in real estate, money is always a tough situation. You never want to lose money when you're buying and flipping a house. When flipping a house you should make as much profit...

Ace Kaspar BRRR vs Conventional
27 April 2023 | 19 replies

Hi Everyone!I have been someone who has actively used the conventional method to buy my real estate investment properties for long term rentals. Now I am looking at converting one of them to a short term rental and th...

Mike L. Permitting un-permitted space for SFHin Glendale CA
19 January 2020 | 7 replies

Hi! Thank you in advance for your feedback.
I'm looking to purchase a SFH in Glendale, CA (really La Crescenta). Parts of the house were added without permits and wanted to hear any advice on 1) whether or not to get...