It's been a long road, but I've finally paid off one of my mortgages TODAY.The good thing about this loan is that I took it over "Subject to" many years ago and the owner of the loan had already paid it down some(the ...

So my lender did a pre approval on me about 4 times and I confirmed with them several times that I would be able to get a loan on a non-owner occupied duplex. Fast forward to 2 weeks before closing (yesterday), my len...

Hello biggerpocket members,Me and my wife are still relatively inexperienced in the world of Real Estate investing. I considered my self a conservative guy and my strategy is to buy and hold.  I have one rental (renta...

I came to BP to learn how to buy multifamily property at a discount to either fix and flip (a la Nickerson) or hold for cash flow.
Obviously, BP is a vast, deep resource of knowledge and I have since been introduced t...

I have a prospective tenant that does not meet the criteria of 2x monthly income and a credit score of 650+. He said times were hard and he was out of work but has money saved. He offered to pay a years worth of rent ...

Hey all.
Writing about the john reed article that was posted on here a bit ago, talking about how most investor's deals they say are good are actually not at all, because according to him, every property over time av...

The new law the SC Governor just signed makes wholesaling illegal.It has 3 parts.1. It defines wholesaling2. It says you must have a license to wholesale.3. It says a licensed realtor can't wholesale.No attorney is go...

I'd like your opinion on a matter.  Myself and 2 of my business partners/friends are first time home buyers looking to purchase in a hot market in CA.  There is a house we like and offers were due yesterday.  List pri...

I started investing in real estate over 8 years ago and I have done all kinds of deals.  I started as a landlord and buying Rentals.  Then, I started wholesaling and flipping properties (currently doing about 50 trans...

So Im going to assume this has been asked a million times, but I was just struggling to figure out the ARV and the costs.I have knowledge on what  and how much X should cost and stuff, but when people explain calculat...