Hello all. I currently hold a staff position as a registered nurse working 36 hours (3 days a week). I'm looking into ways to spend my other 4 days off, and I've been intrigued by the idea of learning about real estat...
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Hello BP. I'll get right to the point. Bought a house in Baltimore City in 2005 (about a year before the bubble burst) with very little down. Fast forward 10 years, the house is underwater, but fortunately the market ...
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Hello bigger pockets community, I am a new investor located in the capital region of NY. I plan to start my investing journey with an owner occupied multi-family in Albany or the surrounding cities. I have a goal to m...
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Ok so I'm reading a lot about loans and trying to figure them out, a couple things I can't figure out for the life of me, was hoping one of y'all could help me understand!1. Why would a bank loan out money at a 4% int...
I want to start with my first deal out of state, but I've been looking a lot of houses and neighborhoods but the ones I qualified with a conventional loan has to be livable, so I can't buy something that I can gain eq...
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Hi, I just recently found this site along with it's Podcasts and I am so relieved. Why did I not find this site years ago! I have been looking to purchase my first home, to possibly live in, for several months and at...
Hello,I bought a property last year subject to existing financing.Later I sold this property on owner financing to another buyer.I was making regular payments to the existing loan since i sold the property.Last month ...
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If you want to do a short sale but have never been delinquent, have no trouble making payments, and do NOT want the bank to forgive the difference, but allow you to make arrangements to pay it off (assume as a loan o...
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I'm buying an old duplex built well before 1978. It's not a HUD Home. My financing is FHA 203k Standard Rehab loan. The plan is to do rehab throughout the property. It has chipping paint around the exterior of windows...
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Hi, I entered escrow 30 days ago on a leasehold + fee available property. My lender said he could not lock down rates until he received the fee contract from the seller. This took almost 3 weeks to receive and in that...