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Hello All,Recently, 2 old college roommates of mine moved to Austin, Texas. I told them that I can't wait to make a visit down there (I am currently in Massachusetts) to see them, and check out the city. But giving it...
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Hello allIm an investor in Chicago and have done pretty well over the last few years. I am thinking about selling and investing out of state but am just not sure where. The main reason for this is that taxes are way t...
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Hello all,I am just starting to look for deals in the Twin Cities area, and it seems that most buy and hold properties fall well below the 2% threshold in the Metro area and quite a bit beyond. (I will confess here: I...
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So with interest rates sure to rise and inflation well on the way, what’s your strategy? Pay down loans? Save up for the next drop? Just curious.
Personally I’ve tried to lock in interest rates as much as possibly a...
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I did the HARP loan back during the crash and turned my 30 year note to a 15 with plans on living in the house until paid. Situation changed and purchased a new home and decided to rent out my home in question. Dil...
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My daughter wants to go to NYU. It's $55K/year (oh my). We saved up $25K for college, so we are short! However, I have a $250K of equity in my house in terms of a HELOC that has a 10 year deferred payment option at 3%...
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My wife and I currently reside in Etobicoke and have generated substantial equity in our primary home.For the past two years we have house hacked our primary home by renting the basement. Now we are ready to mak...
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I’m new here and not sure if this is the correct place to post this. Please feel free to redirect me to a different section of the site if needed.
I’ve recently been thinking of ways to utilize the market downturn b...
Hello,I have not seen much in terms of case studies of $2M+Rehabs in the Bigger Pockets Forums so I wanted to contribute a little bit: My partner and I primarily organize joint ventures with developers on ground up co...
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Hey bp! I talked to the lender who I got me my 5% down Owner occupy conventional loan and he is under the impression that I need to occupy the home for 2years before I can rent the property. After our conversation I l...