Hayden Schaefer
First House Hack Motivations
Greetings, I and a friend live in the NoVa area right outside of DC. We have a desire to dive in and buy a property together, yet we have enough of a downpayment for only 3 percent between the two of us. However, we h...
Ben Gammon
HUD questions
Hey Guys! I'm looking at putting in a bid on a HUD property in Cincinnati as an owner occupant. The market is competitive and I missed out on a previous property. This will be my first HUD purchase. My real estate age...
William Richard Arens
Buying Parent's House to Save the Farm (House Hack)
Hi all,
I am a 26 yr old prospective real estate investor. I currently make about 65k-70k/yr at my W2 and have run a small mowing company for the last 7 years which makes me another 12k/yr. 2 years ago I discovered b...
Gregory Robinson
Help I'm left with a house!
In recent years my mother has, as she said it, gifted me her old house, this process was done without me signing anything and I became the owner of this house that I'm responsible for. Just within the last year I've ...
Raymond Wu
Refinancing hard money structure to allow for a FHA loan
Hello BP community,I’m a young engineer and just moved to Connecticut for work. Graduated in 2015 and want to begin investing in real estate.I recently just purchased a multi-family house (4 units) last month using a ...
Erik Bruckner
Condo Rentals
Hello! I'm 27 years old and new to real estate investing. Im very eager to get advice. My family just sold a business and I was gifted a large sum of money from the sale. I am interested in investing in condominiums ...
Brennan Davis
How to finance your down payment
So. I went into the mortgage lender at PNC today to just pick their brain about getting pre-qualified for loans towards investment properties. Sweet lady, but hard to follow. From what I have in my notes. It appears ...
Tim Shin
Want to house-hack a 3/4-plex within 2 years but also want to be able to enter other cash-flow deals with conventional mortgages, can I?
Hi All,I've been listening to @Brandon Turner and @Joshua Dorkin on the BP podcast a lot lately and I keep getting crazy excited about house-hacking a MFR 3 or 4-plex to live rent free and cashflow on a property. Eve...
Brandon Crumpton
FHA PMI
I'm looking to buy a triplex with FHA loan. Is there any way I can get a lower PMI or find a FHA lender who has lower PMI rates ?
AJ Alexander
Looking for opinions on offering a Rent Discount?
Hi all,
New landlord here. I have my first vacancy which I need to fill, just thought I'd ask what everyone's opinions or experiences are with offering a rent discount for paying early? For example, the rent is $1000...