Jason Zullo
Buy and Hold strategy. Am I going about this the correct way?
Ok so a little bit about me. Im 32 live on Long Island (ny) I currently own a single family home that I live in. It has a basement apartment that I currently rent out for $1300 a month.House is probably worth $215k-$2...
Kim Masek
Help me . Getting out of real estate, bad situation getting worse
So I tried dipping my toe into the real estate investing niche. My husband was never on board with any of it. I bought my 1st deal from an investor who bought my house several years ago. Two years ago I bought the inv...
Kristine Corneiller Stein
Buying foreclosure
We moved into a rental that our realtor arranged for us through a client who was in default with her mortgage. Our intentions were to be short term but instead we decided we loved the area and wanted to short sale, a...
D'Andre Byers
Partnering with someone who has a VA loan
My friend is about to get out of the military this coming December wants to get into real estate. He doesn't know much about it and neither do I. I haven't been in the military so I'm not exactly sure how all of this ...
Bryce Y.
Tenant applicants are getting smarter
So I had someone apply the other day, middle aged couple with 3 kids. Seemed very nice and professional. I am running their background and everything looks good so far. Employment is solid, previous landlord ch...
Ratna E.
Lender's req on borrowing money for investment property
Hello BPers,I can't thank BP enough for the motivation it gives me every day to pursue my real estate dream. It is a great platform to learn and be motivated.I'm in a situation where I'm under contract on a SFH and I'...
Janessa H.
Too much debt to be approved - always a renter?
Hello!I am very new to Bigger Pockets, but I found my way here because I am very interested in buying multi family housing for profit. Currently, I am 26yo, paying a lot of $$ in rent because I have a lot of student l...
Andy Sabisch
Quick question on using two agents
OK, we are looking at a property and contacted an agent (our usual agent was unavailable for 2 weeks) and we looked at it. Drafted up the offer using the new agent and in the contact package is the section shown here...
Laura Martinez
Would you double think renting to someone with big dogs?
Hello! I have a person interested in my rental. It's a nice home with engineered wood floors and laminate throughout the home. Applicants have two big furry dogs. Can't remember the breed right now, but are not an agg...
Mike Lopez
Newbie from Los Angeles, California
Hello everyone!I'm Mike, a newbie from LA. Currently I work in the entertainment industry for a advertising agency, cutting trailers, tv spots and other sorts of content for movie, tv shows, etc. Sound fun right? watc...