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am a complete rookie here and have many questions but let's start with one, I am a contractor who wants to start buying foreclosures, if I buy a foreclosure and have let's say 100k to invest, can I/should I put a 1...
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My wife has a significant balance in her TIAA-CREF account (she is a college professor). Has anyone successfully used TIAA-CREF as a method to purchase real estate similar to using a self-directed IRA? TIAA-CREF is ...
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I am looking for some feed back on cash flow. My goal is to purchase 5 cash flowing properties using traditional lending. I do not see my self stopping at five but I set that number because that is common stop nu...
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Hello Everyone, We are looking to invest in a property in the Smoky Mountains in Sevierville, TN. We were looking to finance this through a DSCR loan and just found out that most DSCR lenders create a bit of problem t...
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I have a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom unit with a short water heater under the kitchen counter. The tenant is saying that the water heater is making some water noises. I previously discovered some condensation related moistu...
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I have a pretty good grasp on the BRRRR method and how it works (I think). The only thing I don't fully understand is the financing to purchase and rehab the property. I've called several banks and in gen...
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Hello BP members,I have a question about using existing equity in a house. Lets say theres a rental house I have, its paid off (no debt on it) and has appreciated nicely. I'm looking to purchase another property in th...
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hello bp.. using the brrr method is one still capped at 4-10 loans when looking for refinancing out?
First I would like to say Hello BiggerPockets Community! I have been doing a lot of research into real estate recently due to losing my job due to Covid, but I’m not sure how much I will be able to do based on lack of...
Hello BP community!I have recently learned about an interesting lender called Accept.inc that I haven't heard of before, and I wanted to see if anyone else in the BP community has used Accept.inc and can share their e...