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Hi Folks,I'm looking into to getting a HELOC or cash-out refi to enable my next purchase. Looking for tips on options, things to look for, potential problems, how to prepare for appraisal to get best valuation... I've...
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Hi all!I'm new to the BiggerPockets community and my husband and I just bought our first single-family rental property in Philadelphia. We're both planning to transition to real estate investing full time within the n...
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I'm renting right now (1400/mo) and I want to transition into buying my first property. However, to buy/live in a home in a safe nabe may run me about 150K or more. I rather invest in less expensive homes as a newbi...
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Hello there,I'm trying to get advice on a good tenant screening service. I don't know it they are state specific but I'm in Massachusetts.Any tips welcome.Thank you.Rod
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Hello, I am looking at buying a single family household to rent in or around Columbus. I have been doing the 50% rule and 2% rule to find potential leads in my area. I have yet to find one and was wondering if anyone ...
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For work that is completed early or above satisfaction in some other manner? Automatically this doesn't seem like a great idea, and I don't think I'd do so the first few times I worked with someone.I'm trying to esta...
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Hello! My name is Lindsey and I am brand new to the BiggerPockets community. I am currently living in Denver, but my husband and I are putting together our plan to move back to our hometown in Toledo, Ohio and become...
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Hello BiggerPockets community!Does anyone have any tips in regards to negotiating favorable terms in a deal?
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BP family,How's everyone doing? First off a little about myself. I been wholesaling off and on here in Charlotte NC for a few years now. You Bp folks has helped me to get by a lot of "deal struggles". Thank you. Since...
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Owning rental property is a business. Generally speaking, revenue is earned through rent payments from a tenant. Having an empty space, whether it be an apartment unit or a single family rental, is considered a vacanc...