I purchased my first home last year with a FHA loan. When can I refinance it? If I refinance it will it no longer be a fha loan? During a refinance do you have to pay closing cost? This is my first property, 24y/o so ...

Just listed my house for rent Saturday.  Got a 3rd call today from an out of state tenant who now says she wants to rent my house, sight unseen, and offered to pay a years worth of rent upfront with a $100/mo (6%) dis...

Hello, Gurus!I got an interesting tenant application nowShe is from Puerto Rico, moved here about 3 months ago (to texas and has been staying with her friends for now). Her husband was killed in Iraq, so she is gettin...

Hello BP,

I'm new to the site, and as a matter of fact this will be my introductory post!
I'm very interested in RE, and wanted to start out by buying a duplex, so I could live in half and rent out the other. I'm cu...

I have a rental that I purchased in August of 2014 and I went through a lengthy process of getting the original renters out who were section 8. I fixed the place up and it has been rented since February. I have receiv...

Yesterday, BiggerPockets launched TWO new real estate books, written by our own @Brandon Turner and his wife @Heather Turner.These books are an absolutely fantastic resource for both new and experienced investors alik...

Hey allWe are starting strs with Airbnb being our primary income source currently.For you airbnbers, when does airbnb pay the owner or the rental property? At time of booking, some other in the middle or when they st...

Hello BP Team! We were planning on purchasing our first rental in Feb of next year. Instead we are thinking about requesting the current owner open a HELOC on the home. They current have about ~275k in equity. We coul...

Hey Guys,I have a single family home that I currently live in and I owe 104k on it. My real estate agent just sent me some comps on houses selling at 145k, 138k and 129k on my street. I will apply for the HELOC and ho...

Can a private, individual landlord (who only has 1 rental unit) deduct cleaning fees for normal wear-and-tear from a security deposit at the end of a lease? Deposit was $650. Interest accrued = $3.90 for a total of 65...