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I am refinancing a two family rental property I’ve owned for some time. My first refi ever. My question is will I be taxed on the cash I am taking out of the equity? Any curveballs I should be expecting as far as taxe...
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What do you guys think of purchasing a VA home through Vendee lending simply for cashflow? I have 6 rental properties all cash flowing with decent positive equity, on average about 15K . I typically buy fixer uppers a...
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Question: Should I network to find a partner and hard money lender BEFORE or AFTER finding a deal?Background: I am new to the investing world with only 1 renovated 3-flat in Chicago and 15k in savings. In order to fin...
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Hi All! We own one property (our home) worth around $500k, no debts owed.We would like to purchase a second place as a rental property for 200k-250k.We also have to renovate our current home (estimate cost around 65k)...
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Hi all!I have one rental property (duplex) in WI that is in an LLC, no debt, and I currently live in CA. I am looking for the best way to access the equity in that rental property so that I can use that loan to purcha...
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I am starting to build a business plan for my real estate investment business. As I am doing this I am curious as to what others would do if they were starting out and had a little money? Would your strategy change i...
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Hello everyone,I am a newbie investor and haven't done purchased any properties yet, but am looking to do my first House hack in San Diego next summer. I'm looking for all the Devil's Advocates out there who can provi...
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My business partner and I currently hold an investment property in our names via an unsecured note. Our initial financing attempt through the broker channel collapsed a week before closing, so we pivoted to a local ba...
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I have a possible 10 property deal that the seller is willing to do subject to existing financing. The primary issue is even though there is positive cash flow on the 10 properties the existing debt on the portfolio ...
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I am In the LA area and I bought a 4 unit in 2015 in the inland empire in Southern California and currently it has about 300 K of equity in it. The 4 units are all currently rented out and profit is about $300 per m...