David Slamer
Newbie in Dayton, Ohio
Good evening, I am a complete newbie that stumbled across BiggerPockets as I have been in the early stages of my research. I have been listening to the podcast and reading as much as possible. After reading a bit, I f...
Kristen Ray
Rent payment inquiry
Hello BP!What has your experience been with allowing tenants to deposit their rent payments into your account at the bank? Has anyone experienced a time when the tenant made a withdrawl? Also, in terms of setting up A...
Marvin Meng
Where to start...?
Hi all,I've owned rental properties for a little over 10 years but have actually been an investor for a little over one. (By that I mean that previous nine I did pretty much everything wrong; lack of focus, directed e...
Mason Jeffries
Rental income... Do lenders accept it?
So I have been finding out the hard way that rental income does not always count when qualifying for another mortgage.I am house hacking our primary residence. Although I collect rental income from our long term tenan...
Dan Holtz
Need advice on how to get earnest money back
Hey, love the bp family, and first time posting here i hope i can get some advice.so long story short, I had a contract fall through on a triplex due to the mortgage being denied (I tried to purchase it as a primary r...
Andrew P.
Trouble getting a HELOC becasue of DTI (lenders using tax forms)
As the title says, I am struggling to get a HELOC right now. I have 3 properties, all cash flowing really well (yes, I am including vacancy, repairs, and funding a CAPEX account). However, as a result, of my tax forms...
Antoine Pippens
How to sell complete rehabbed turnkey duplex
My first investment rehab on a big duplex is almost complete. I was a total rehab from basement up! My initial strategy was to brrrr the unit for a 920 month cashflow but a change in plans with me about to move out to...
John Hyre
Wholesaling in retirement accounts not legit
Carl Fischer had reminded me of an article I wrote two years ago. The gist: Wholesale deals in retirement accounts will get crushed by the IRS once they get around to auditing them.The Mazzei Roth IRA Case – An End ...
Jayson Bell
Self directed IRA to save for investment properties?
I have been thinking about starting a self directed IRA to save up for future Realestate investments. Does anyone have experience using self directed IRAs? What are the pros and cons?
Jonathan G.
15 year or 30
Question, first deal. For a Single Family Home. What would you suggest, 15 year fixed or a 30 year fixed? Please tell me which one and why and also if you are willing positives or negatives if either. Thank you al...