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I'm currently a college student looking to start my real estate career at an early age. How exactly would I go about securing money from the bank if I have about 10% of the down payment on a property, let's say a cond...
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Been reading this forum for a while and am excited to finally make my first post. I recentlty purchased my first investment property. I closed on 10/15. It is a 2bedroom, 2 bath condo in a nice community - Wanted y...
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Hi everyone, I was initially pretty excited looking at the amazing value for money being offered in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area, both in the student rental market as well as the mainstream market. Then I spok...
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Starting out as a newbie I feel that it is very important to network with experienced and up and coming REIs. I am signed up for every meeting and meetup in my local area. I travel for work a great deal, study, attend...
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Hi Everyone,My name is Nels. I am a recent college grad from Minnesota and am interested in exploring mobile tech startups for landlords and tenants. I wanted to post, because I was hoping I could ask for a bit of fee...
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Hi Everyone!I first want to say thank you to the founders of Bigger Pockets. The youtube channel, the podcasts, the forums, and the articles have really helped me in taking this first step toward turning my dreams int...
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Hi all,
This isn't an HOA issue as much as it is a city/county issue, but I just learned from my city inspector that the county my rental property is in (Prince George's County, MD) has a law stating that no more tha...
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We have a town home in Plano at the Shops at Legacy. We are wondering what the development of Legacy West will do to our 11 year old town home in Legacy East. Legacy West is being built and we wonder : WIll it drive o...
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I talked to a potential lender at a local bank today and was asking about the process of refinancing. He is familiar with the BRRRR strategy and works with investors who use it frequently.As such, I was asking him abo...
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Suppose I buy property with cash (to get a better deal, quick close etc). Can I refi with a mortgage and get the same rate down the road?Let me explain. Say price of home is 500K and investor mortgage rate is 4.5%. I ...