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Hello all My name is Jamie Pickens and I just joined a few days ago. I have been a property manager for the last 15+ years and I own a townhome and a single family home as rental properties (in addition to my home) wi...
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Hi. My name is Michael Dorsey. Over the past year I’ve gotten serious about investing in my real estate education and I’m now in the process of starting to put what I’ve learned into action. My goal is to build a port...
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Hi. We're relatively new to Real Estate investment. We had a house in LA that we bought, fixed up and sold and currently live in our only property here in Virginia. We're looking to purchase an investment property wit...
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Hi everyone!My name is Kevin Galang and I've been lurking BiggerPockets forums on and off for the past year. After deciding not to go $100k in debt for grad school, I ended up teaching myself how to code and became a ...
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Good day to the community. My name is Jonathan Holmes and I'm just getting started in REI but highly motivated to achieve success. Primary interested in getting into flipping, wholesaling, rentals and building a net...
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Hello BP! My name is Alexis Grassette i am from Puerto Rico but due to work(Navy) i live in Hampton, Va with my wife.
For the last couple of days i have been creeping BP and i am interested in getting started with r...
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Hi, I’m currently in the process of finding a multi fam using a VA loan. I found a property that within the budget but it needs work. Unfortunately it needs work the the point where it will fail the VA inspection. Mos...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Woodbridge.
Purchase price: $212,000
Cash invested: $2,000
3 bed 1.5 bath townhome. This was my first investment. Did a live in f...
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What was the most difficult part about your second house hack? How did you overcome it?
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I've been preapproved for a $516K VA Loan, which is the entitlement I had left, to purchase a home in Honolulu. For this amount, my options are pretty much condos/townhomes in good neighborhoods. I could probably buy ...