Easton Curtis
College Student w/ Little Savings Wanting to Buy First Property
Hello! I'm a newbie to Bigger Pockets (I'm currently reading How to Invest in Real Estate: The Ultimate Beginner's Guide). I am a 21 year old college student based near Nashville, TN. My fiance and I are wanting to fi...
Shane Priest
Overseas Professional Baseball Player 1st Rental Purchase Advice!
Hey all. My name is Shane Priest. I'm 25 yrs old currently playing baseball overseas in Europe and Australia while working in Finance. To get straight to the point I have a passion for rental property investing as I'v...
Andrew Albritton
Help my inlaws save on taxes
Hi all,My inlaws are considering selling their home that is sitting on 5 acres surrounded by 600+ acres of almond farm that was owned by MIL's father, that she is inheriting along with her 5 siblings. The farm is in t...
Bill Gulley
PREDATORY SALES AND LENDING
I recently posted that some lending and sales schemes were predatory.
First, predatory practices does not have a legal definition, generally you will find examples of strategies or activities that are deemed ...
Sam Fowler
Classic Rent vs Buy (Among the crazy market currently!)
Hi All,
My fiancé and I live in the DFW area and are currently renting a 1 bed apartment unit. Our lease is up in Feb of 2023 and we're going back and forth on whether we should extend our lease or begin the process ...
Anastasiia Greca
Closing costs
Hello everyone!I started looking up what are the estimate closing costs in my areaand I found a calculator from one of the banks. The result was - estimate closing costs, including prepaid items and escrow account fun...
Jacob Gildea
Investing in Spain
My brother and sister in law are Spanish and I was talking to them about investing in rental properties. He is an architect and she is a lawyer. She processes several foreclosures a month and he would be perfect at ...
Mike Nelson
Wholesale deal with a twist!! Please help
Ok, so I got the address to a property while driving around a particular neighborhood. To make a long story short, the lady who inherited the house (husband died in 1998) from her husband is now in a nursing home with...
Paris Scroggins
How to make my basement rentable?
We're currently in the market for a primary residence with a basement to turn into a rental space. I was looking for advice on how to accomplish this. There's tons of unfinished basements in my area. What would make i...
Matthew Lynch
Financing a 6 unit apartment complex
Hello all, so this is my first post here. My realtor came across a 6 unit complex coming on market soon. The number check out and all looks good. Only issue is financing. They are asking 475k and I don’t have anyone w...