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House hacking teachers commonly say "put 3.5 to 5% down" and rent out the other side. But if you're able to put in a 20% down payment, should you? When people model cash flow is it assumed that 20% down payments are u...
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I just made my first mortgage payment and am having some serious sticker shock when looking at the interest.why is it almost all interest? I cash flow very well on this, so could definitely afford to pay more towards ...
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I mailed out about 300 yellow letters last week to out of state absentee owners.
My response rate has been between 1-3%. I think this is pretty low for the yellow letter.
Any ideas on how i can increase the response...
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I need some advice. I bought my primary back in April of 2021. I love my property, but I want to get into real estate and I think I could possibly leverage my equity some how. I owe about $115k(ish) on the property. Z...
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Hey BiggerPockets fam!
I am a college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and came across a genius Air BnB arbitrage idea.
There are 15 students who are going abroad for 5 months and are leaving their uni...
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Help BP! Any advice would be helpful here! I am a current house hacker in the northern NJ area in a multifamily home. I am hoping to house hack again either in the same town or one closer to where I work. From a capit...
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I am wanting to buy my first rental property. Looking to buy Foreclosures in phoenix, Tempe, chandler, Scottsdale area. Can any agent help buy a foreclosure or should I go with a specific agent for Foreclosures only? ...
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Hello everyone, I have this silly idea that I can pay off my rental in 4-5 years . Purchased in 2019 for $110k, now worth $280k. I would get a simple interest loan to pay and demolish it to build a duplex or a fourple...
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Hi there, I'm new to the community. If this questions has been answered I'd really appreciate you pointing me to the article as I didn't find a search box where I could search for it, that being said...I recently atte...
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Does anyone have experience using a HELOC to pay off a mortgage early? I just bought my first property and had never heard of such a concept until I was recently listening to the Real Estate Guys Podcast. I've been li...