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Hi! Im looking to purchase my first REI property (a house hack) and want to know if anyone can recommend a good mortgage broker in SF or bay area. I have been talking to one and he seems very knowledgeable with good i...
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I don't know if you have read the story, but it's such a classic!An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boa...
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Hello BiggerPockets community! I am a sophomore in college looking to start investing early. Possibly within the next year or so. I have already found properties that I could turn into rentals that rent for 2% or 3%. ...
We put a contract on a HUD owned home. We were suppose to close this coming Friday . Thursday I get an email from atty saying there is a problem with title. It was a deed in lieu of foreclosure signed by 7 heirs becau...
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I recently closed on a line of credit on my primary residence. My HUD-1 stated a certain amount in closing costs, but I was then charged more because whoever had prepared the HUD-1 had not updated the closing costs (...
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Hello BP REI my name is Cesar Escobedo. I am more that eggar to start my journey in the field of RE. I've been listing to the podcast and I can say the fire is burning. All the stories of ordinary joes making 5, 10,00...
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I have read several topics on here where experienced members suggest not investing in lower income housing due to headaches the tenants will cause. I was wondering, if you had a property management company in place to...
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I've been operating on the old-school mail-the-check system which has worked well enough but I'd like to offer another option to the people who would prefer it. What companies/processes do you all use for this?
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BP, I need some advise here: I have a contract in on a condo in CT. All was going smoothly with underwriting and actually ahead of schedule....until! The processor called and said I needed to have flood insurance o...
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Looking for a way to budget for Credit Card booking fees @ 3%. Anyone found a good way to do this since essentially everyone pays with a credit card these days...