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Ch. 1 Why I Love Rental Properties
Ability to use the leverage
Ability to hustle for greater returns
Ability to manage my investment directly
People always need a place to live
Its worked ...
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Hello and good day! Long time lurker here who’s learned an invaluable amount from the BP community over the past year and a half or so. I remember reading through a really good thread by Tyler Jahnke a while back, a r...
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Im new to investing and thinking about the BRRRR strategy. When cash refinancing a property, the “New loan” after the refinance is higher so doesnt that decrease your cash flow?I understand that you are taking the cas...
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Hey everyone I am brand new to investing. I want to get into single family buy and hold. I have been listening to B.P podcast and others for about 6 months, I am really excited to start my hand in it. A little about m...
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My position can't be unique... I have a 6-figure W2 income but really will never be able to retire on it. As a single mom, I made every financial choice based on my kids needs at the time. We have a great life and I r...
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Hey everyone!I've just finished rehab on one of my rental units in my first property.My first showing is this Friday evening, and I need some advice on screening potential tenants.I have gotten some pointers along the...
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So I have a seller who wants to know the answers to all these questions?
1) If you are not going to buy the house with your own cash why am I signing a contract with you?
2) I need to let my attorney review this con...
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So I have had many properties that I had put the typical 20% or 30% down on a 30 Year loan and had a Fixed payment with the bank. When I had extra money or a large commission I would always put large amounts to the p...
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I'm a little confused on how to calculate the DTI ratio. If a rental property is in your name, and let's assume that 75% of the rents offsets the PITI but you have no cashflow. Let's say you want to go out and get ano...
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Is this possible? I recognize that it would have to be allowed contractually, but is this a strategy that anyone has used?