Grace Esteban
Is Rental Market in Oakland (Bay Area) Saturated?
I talked to a rep from Apartments.com this morning. He told me the sobering reality according to their analytics. Do any Bay Area landlords want to chime in? I want to get a PM for my property but looking at the websi...
John Matthews
Capex estimations
Anyone have any suggestions on how to estimate upcoming capex costs for bank owned properties, or properties where the seller doesn't know how old the roof is? (or other items where there's no sticker saying when an i...
Mary Derman
Women in the workforce
Currently there is approximately 517,800 people employed as either a Real Estate Broker and/or Sales Agent, an ever growing field which has become increasingly stronger in the past couple of years. In 2006 the amount ...
Quinton Oake
Looking for a long term loan, private lender
Hello, I am looking for a private lender that is willing to take on long term loans. I am covered as far as my fix and flips/construction right now but they aren't willing to take on longer term loans currently. If yo...
Everett Marshall
Wholesaling in Dallas
Very good friend of mine is a REA, he says it's illegal to wholesale properties in Texas. I lived in Dallas so i wanted to wholesale in that Hot market. Is he right? Is that illegal according to Texas RE law? Is there...
Ethan H.
Pumped about finding an Owner Financed deal....with a twist.
My brother and I are pretty excited, we closed on a Duplex in Nampa that was being offered as an Owner Finance. This makes 12 units in the last 11 months that we have been able to close on! But this one had an interes...
Nicholas Polson
Property management out of state
Hi! My name is Nick, and I am planning on buying my first rental property before I graduate from college. I ran into a little snag, and I would like to get some input from the Biggerpockets community.For the next 5 ye...
Jeremy Rusch
College Student at UGA and newbie to BP
Hello BP!My name is Jeremy and I am a junior at the University of Georgia. I am a financial planning major with a certificate in informatics and data processing. I've been listening to the BP podcast and lurking the f...
Adam Pervez
Mortgage rate at 6.5-6.7% for a 5% down
Hi,I have worked with a few lenders and have been seeing rates for a 5% owner occupant conventional loan floating around 7.1 - 7.3%. I recently got in touch with a smaller bank that is able to do a 6.5% interest rate....
Luke Boff
Purchasing with cash first and then obtaining a mortgage.
Hello everyone I am looking for some opinions here. I have this opportunity to purchase a house that I intend to brrrr. My plan right now is to use my cash to purchase the property and then soon after get a mortgage i...