Jason Lombard
Construction plans for splitting a house in San Diego
I'm planning to split a 6 bedroom rental house into a triplex plus expand the garage to add parking. A designer estimated $9.2k for approved plans. That sounds really expensive...???
Michael Hunt
Residential property or investment property first?
Hello,My fiance and I would like to buy a residential property in CA sometime this year and also buy an out-of-state investment property this year. Both would be done through conventional financing. We currently do no...
Jane Sosi
What is the best lender for a 1099?
Hi Bigger Pockets Network, I am currently an independent contractor, which means that my employment status/income looks a little wonky on paper. Considering I work from home for my business this leads to what seems li...
Shawn C Steider
Buying a Mobile Home Park for the first time
I have a chance to buy this trailer park with owner financing for 185k with a 17.3% down payment (32k) at a 6% interest rate amortized over 15 year term with a 5 year balloon payment. Right now it is at 40% occupancy(...
Nick Causa
DTI and the Two Year Rule
Anyone have any success getting around the two year rule? My wife and i rent out our house and downsized to an apartment to save for a house. We’re now ready to buy a multifamily but because our rented house will con...
Kyle Gregg
Drain Tile Requirements in Baltimore City
I am working with a GC to put together a scope of work and he mentions that he usually installs a drain tile system in all his rehabs. The house currently does not have a basement drainage system but it looks to be ve...
David Maldonado
Adding ADU to a duplex in California
Hey everyone,
I am in the process of closing on my next home to BRRRR. I was planning on starting the process to build an ADU as soon as I close, but I just found out the SFH is on a r-3 lot! I'm debating whether to ...
Jacob Kelley
Down Payment for Loans
My girlfriend and I are planning on buying our first investment property - we're looking at four-plexes in Phoenix. Our real estate agent told us that, in her experience, hard money lenders in the PHX-Metro area typic...
Chris Moore
No compensation for damages, hosts be warned! Anti air bnb
Excuse the rant:This is the second time air bnb had screwed me on damages. First time my place was trashed by some festival goers (puke and urin on beds, beer everywhere) and my maid cleaned up and disposed of the tra...
Raj Gott
Please help - Overseas Investor planning to buy in Texas
Hi Everyone,This is my first post and if I am asking the same questions asked by others, kindly excuse and point me the right links.This is a great area to gain a lot of knowledge.I am from Australia and planning to b...