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I am a few years away from buying my first house, and am wondering where to save up for that. Currently, I invest through Betterment with a general investing plan and a Roth IRA, and I also contribute to my employers ...
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Hi everyone,I have spent the last 6 months saving about 60% of my income so I could finally move forward with my first multifamily property. I saved 30k and plan on using FHA loan to house hack one of the 4 units (loo...
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If you have a personal homeloan (ignoring IP's for now) are you pumping every spare dollar into reducing that debt, or are you putting some of it into other investments (e.g. managed funds etc) as retrement savings?
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Besides listening to audio books, reading books and networking events. What’s the slow but gradual way to starting earning extra income Via real estate? Im a car sales person so my time is limited to one day off. I’m ...
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I am a young aspiring REI, bought my first condo 6 months ago. A HAP property, got a pretty good deal on it, thanks to the government!
I have money saved up, and am currently saving about 1,000/month and looking t...
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I had mentioned in a prior thread that my self employed friend is trying to get a mortgage, has had her own business for 3.5 years now, and the last thing holding up this loan is that the bank is giving her a rough ti...
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Hi BP
I hope all are having a great day! I am about two years out of college (graduated in 2016) and I’ve been learning / teaching myself about real estate investing each day for about three years now. A good chunk o...
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My husband and I are hoping to maximize our retirement savings this year and need some strategy help. I currently have a 403b through work. There is no match from the company. I currently fund it myself at a total of ...
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How much did you start with to get your first property?I am a Realtor in New Jersey and want to get in to rental property. I was wondering how much should I save to buy my first property. I know it is all situational ...
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I just turned 18 this weekend and would like to know how I should go about buying my first rental property which i will house hack for the first year or so. I have $15,000 saved up and will continue to save up. I have...