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Hey - posting from Ottawa, Ontario. My husband and I have spent the beginning of the year digging into books/researching as we are hoping to buy our first rental property this year.
We currently own a home and are l...
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Looking to do a portfolio loan on my properties. I need $260,000 to to purchase more duplexes etc. Having problems because I have: 7 duplexes that cashflow at $1100 gross a month but are worth $30,000 each. $210,000SF...
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Does anybody have thoughts on who the best portfolio lenders in SoCal are? There are so many small banks and credit unions that encompass the 5-6 counties in SoCal that it would take many hours to research them all. ...
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Is a bank that does portfolio lending considered to service their own debt and one that sells their mortgages off to Fannie is not?I see the benefits of a local portfolio lender all the way so Ive been calling around ...
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First I'm very thankful for any helpful advice. Location: Omaha, NEMy wife of 5 years and I have 3 young children and have lived in our mortgaged home for 4 years. We have a FHA loan and put down 3.5%. We purchased ...
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I am a busy professional with a day job that is unrelated to real estate. I make good money, and recently left the military. As a new civilian, I am now a 1099 employee and do not have any W-2 income. My wife and I...
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We have a large portfolio of 350 total units in Florida, in the Fort Myers and Cape Coral area. How would you best situate the property management for this? Would you use one bigger company, a couple bigger companies,...
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Coming across this website and the Financial Independence subreddit, I've gotten an itch to increase my rental real estate portfolio to start generating residual income. My wife and I sat down together to look at our...
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Does anyone have any bank recommendations for portfolio lending in Delaware? Or any investor friendly banks in Delaware?
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Hi BP,I'm based out of California and looking to purchase several more SFH rental properties in the Wisconsin Milwaukee area. Any recommendation to a portfolio lender would be greatly appreciated.Thanks!Cameron