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So I'm in the "information gathering" portion of my real estate journey. I have ZERO experience in the field but I realize this is likely the best way to reach my financial goals. From what I've gathered, the 1 (or 2%...
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Hey BP!I struck out finding a 30 yr fixed HELOC lender in my local city and was wondering if anybody has a referral for a HELOC in South Dakota or a national lender? Probably a long shot but wanted to ask anyway!My bu...
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Hi BP community, I am 19 I have been working for the last 5 years full time for about 3 years unfortunately not the same job but 3 different jobs, would it be possible for me to still qualify for a multi family using ...
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My family and I are moving to Michigan. As we have been talking to our future MSU colleagues, they recommended us to look into other real estate markets as Okemos, Haslett, Mason, and Williamston. What are your thoug...
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The June 2022 numbers from the Austin Board of Realtors shows the Austin metro market continuing to cool and stabilize in response to high inflation, rising mortgage interest rates, record high home prices, and rumbli...
Current mortgage with VA at 2.x% with 278,000 left in South Carolina less than 4k worth in maintenance. Comps show the home is worth around 420,000 in an excellent neighborhood with potentially low vacancy rate if i w...
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I've been looking at tools like rentometer.com and trying to figure out rents in residential area's like single family and it seems like its way off in most cases. is there something I'm missing? what do you use, or h...
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He's right and wrong.Dave discusses how real estate compares to the stock market and that it performs well for him, but says it takes a lot of work and can be a hassle.For an active investor, this is true. But as a pa...
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Hi. I'm under contract on a new construction home. We locked rates for the loan a little over a month ago when rates were around 6%. Where with the home builders closing incentives and a little extra cash we were goin...
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Let's assume that I can pull out approx. $225,000 in equity from my home. Let's also assume that if I do nothing with it I am able to pay the monthly note to satisfy the loan. Seeing that rates are pretty low right no...