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hello,Recently I have been working with a mortgage officer and real estate agent in hopes of purchasing an income property. The plan was to buy a duplex and move into half of the duplex and rent out the other half alo...
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Hello everyone! My name is Jacob and i hail from the northwest arkansas area. I'm new to the real estate investing arena but i've been doing my due diligence and reading like a fiend. I'm currently looking at getting ...
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I am familiar with the traditional house hack whereby an owner occupant uses a low down payment loan (typically an FHA product) to purchase a 2, 3 or 4 unit property. I have found an off market opportunity which I wo...
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Hello, I am closing in on my first real estate deal in Butte, Montana and would love any input! I am graduating May 2020 with a degree in civil engineering. I have gone over 50+ multifamily properties that could be an...
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I would like to know the pros and cons of choosing either one. Which loan would you prefer to use to fund your deals and why?
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If you have done so, please give your example. Thank you
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This is my 1000 th post! Wow!
I wanted to post this link
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2014/02/06/fha-loans-still-offer-advantages-in-2014/
FHA is the lowest barrier to entry fo...
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Hi Everyone - I am a recent college graduate working in finance. Great first job, but it's boring and I'm living paycheck to paycheck. I've been reading a lot on personal finance and everything has pointed me toward...
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We recently purchased our first investment property through an FHA loan (3.5% down). I think you could say we now have the real estate bug because we cannot stop thinking about out buying a second property. With that ...
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My girlfriend and I are going to use an FHA first-time home buyer loan to purchase a duplex. My question is that if you need to live in an FHA loaned property, but it's already tented with leases through the next year...