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Trying to determine if I should get home appliance insurance on a rental property. Any thoughts about obtaining this type of insurance?
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Hello all, I currently plan on house-hacking my first property within the next year or as soon as I can. I will be moving to either Austin or San Antonio, depending on which is a better fit. I am currently working ove...
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I purchased the duplex which I currently live in about six months ago. The rent from my duplex covers my mortgage,taxes and insurance. However, I still make sure to budget at least 200-300 a month for repairs.
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I want to house hack to decrease my living expenses with my ultimate goal being financial independence. I was under contract for a duplex - I was planning on living on a 2 bed 1 bath side and rent out the 3 bed 1 bat...
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Hi, folks!After tons of hours of reading, watching and listening to everything real estate investment related I decided to finally get my first investment property. However, I still cannot decide what should be my fir...
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How do you separate income and save for expenses? If everything lines up and its a good property what do you do to set money aside, hypothetically if your income was 1000 and you set aside 100 each for 10% for Mainten...
Hello Forum, I need your help. My name is KeDavion. I’m currently 24 years young and will turn a year older in December. I graduated college with a bachelor’s degree back in 2016, and I’m lucky to still be able to liv...
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I've been dividing my monthly rental income into 3 buckets.
Bucket 1 goes into repairs for the property
Bucket 2 goes into the mortgage payment
Bucket 3 goes into future investment savings (MM acct due to higher ...
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Not sure if this would be the exact section to put this so sorry ahead of time if it isn't.I was hoping to discuss the idea of making an additional principal only payment on my mortgage every month. I currently have a...
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My name is Darrell Overly. I live in the Phoenix Metro area. At 51 years old, I am getting a late start in real estate, but I know I can make it work.I am still in the learning phase as I save money for my first down ...