Can anyone explain the pros and cons to using my first rental property as leverage to purchase another rental property, 

Greetings, This is my first post on bigger pockets, after being a listener since August, I now need guidance from this community more than ever.  I will try to be as clear and concise as possible in explaining my situ...

Good Morning all,Location: Maine, 45 min west of Portland. (Small rural town)  Little about me. Engineer (full time), Landscaper (part time), Realtor (Part time). Looking for my first rental property. Have a client wh...

I have income from a W2, 1099s/Schedule C, and rental income on my house hack. Something about this seems to make calculating my DTI wacky; I know lenders aren’t just adding up my gross income from all these sources a...

My situation here is: I have a underwater townhome appraised at $200,000 or less. But I have a mortgage at $280000 to this property. I was unable to refinance the property by the current low rate. the 1st mortgage i...

I joined BP a couple of months ago, mostly to get around to asking this question. How to approach this problem has been rattling around in my mind for about 3 months now.

I've been a small time landlord for about 28 ...

Recently, spoke with mortgage broke to attempt to qualify for my first MFR to 'househack'/rent.

I provided him my general background:
Have 140k student loan debt
37 k annual salary
Credit score of 700+

He said that...

Hi: I found this forum using Google and have been reading for the past few weeks. Now I would like to ask a question and am hoping I can learn from your experiences.

I would like to invest in and rent out a 1 bedro...

Hi all, I'm looking at buying a 3/2 buy & hold home in Houston.Are my criteria below realistic? If so, which areas would you recommend?Criteria- Under $225k- Within the 610 loop (or any other area with up and comi...

Hi everyoneI'm a 33 year old registered nurse. I'm married with a 2 year old. I worked for a real estate agent for 2 years when I was younger, I basically would help her value houses as she was doing 75 contracts a ye...