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Howdy all,With interest rates so low and housing prices currently high for many reasons, i am considering on waiting for the interest rates to come up to about 5% to 8% to buy a home. I would do this because i have a ...
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Hello Everyone!My name is Mason Adelman and I am from Chicago, IL. I live in the city of Chicago in the River North district.At the moment I am a Freshman in college attending Indiana University under the Kelley Schoo...
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Are you considering passive investing?If you’re considering your first syndication and feeling hesitant, I recommend doing your research, connecting with other investors, reading through previous deals, and taking you...
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Hello BP experts. We are negotiating an offer for a property (a duplex) and will be using a nonrecourse loan for the financing. Does anyone know what the IRS requirements or guidelines are for required reserves when...
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Hi All , New To BP , Self employed residential GC , looking to get into fix and flips , looking to increase my knowledge regarding ;wholesaling , subject 2 and creative financing, and to network with like minded inve...
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If you had $50k at your disposal to invest in real estate, which avenue would you choose?
Would you fix and flip? Or would you buy and hold?
Doesn't have to be answered by a Kentucky resident.
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I know that a house needs to be livable for most FHA financing ect....I'm looking for my first live-in flip and I'm basically looking for the crappiest house that will qualify...Is there a list of specific things that...
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Hey there Bigger Pockets folks! I've been lurking on this forum and binging the podcast and youtube content for a year or so now and am eager to get started. I've worked to dramatically decrease my debt over the last ...
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Has anyone had much experience with lease options? What are the pros and cons? How do you advertise so that you get interested people? I feel like the main attraction in a rent to own is that it it for people with bad...
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Hello,We bought our first duplex in 2010 and have been renting 1 or both sides out since. Last winter we were about to sell figuring we were close to the top of the market but right before we listed our neighbor appr...