Leandro Rodriguez
BIG fear of mentors
i hear a lot about how important is to get a mentor. I agree with the notion in pretty much at professional are. BUT...it has gotten in my head that a real estate mentor will try to take advantage of me, try to push m...
Thomas Bryan
43 Unit Portfolio of small rentals. Partial owner financing
Hey BiggerPockets! I have recently been presented an opportunity from a neighbor of mine to purchase a big piece of his portfolio of 17 properties consisting of 43 total units. The properties range from two single fam...
Joseph V.
250k budget: Either DSCR loan or up to 250k cash purchase.Advice?
Hi, I live in california and am looking for an investment property in clearwater florida. The budget is 250k...if there is a cash purchase i'm interested in that or doing a down payment and DSCR loan. Any advice on wh...
Sunny Karen
Future cash-flow to fund kids education
Hello BiggerPockets community,I wanted to get some feedback on my strategy to fund my kids education using real-estate. My older one is ~14 years away from college and younger one is ~18 years away from college (if th...
Scott Trench
Criteria for Hard Money Loan
Hi BP Team - I'm hoping to get some advice from some experienced private lenders or hard money lenders out there. I'm trying to define a "Good" Hard Money Loan - both in terms of the borrower, and the underlying deal/...
Wilson Feliciano
Mortgage rate shopping
So I'm now ready to start the pre-approval process to know what's my spending power as a first time home buyer. With rates going up in the last two years you could only imagine how scares it can be. What are things th...
Dylan S.
House Hack SFR or do Airbnb out of state?
I'm in the Orange County, CA area and thinking of either house hacking a single family house or just rent for now and put my capital into an Airbnb/investment property out of state. I'm 24 with around ~70K to invest a...
Michael Moikeha
Costa Rica Vacation Rental
Hello Peeps!I have an opportunity to lock up a beach property in Costa Rica. I'm trying to pick it up with an owner carry, but regardless, has anyone purchase properties in Costa Rica? What is the purchase process? I ...
Serge S.
Metro Phoenix Multifamily flashing red
Phoenix multifamily can't lose right? We have been purchasing based on three primary inputs:1. Perpetual rising rents.2. Perpetually low interest rates/ability to refinance.3, High occupancy/low economic vacancy.Unfor...
Michael Glaser
Airbnb 4BR In College Towns
Looking at a total gut job on a home in Lawrence, KS where the University of Kansas sits. The numbers don't make sense as a monthly rental, but as an Airbnb they do. My thought is that's there's a very strong Greek sy...