I'm close to closing on a new construction home in Sacramento but just found out that because my most recent job is 1099, my lender has instructed me that I will need a portfolio lender as I'm considered 'self-employe...

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New to BP, have been lurking for a few months. My wife and i have recently decided to get into real estate investing and have purchased a foreclosure at bank auction. Our long term goal is buy an...

Hey everyone! I am looking to use the equity I bought up in my personal residence to fund a house flip. I have roughly $161k in equity and more in liquid assets. I am thinking HELOC, as I can pay off and then re-use t...

Hi BP Community in Canada,I am currently residing in Brampton and in my second primary residence (moved from a stacked town to a town). I wanted to ask what strategies you may have used to move up in your primary resi...

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I looked at a great duplex in Columbus, OH today that is currently vacant...the last tenant had to be evicted and when he moved out, he trashed the place and wrote the words "Bed Bugs" on every single wal...

Hi Everyone!I am a new member and so glad to have found biggerpockets.  I have been a podcast listener with the likes of Lifestyle Unlimited, Epic Real Estate Investing, REIclub etc.  Although I like the information t...

Hello everyone, I'm Anthony Stampe, from Grand Junction, CO!  I'm a new RE investor with a little training, a lot of enthusiasm, and some 2nd hand experience from watching my dad buy & rent houses when I was growi...

Hi Guys and Gals. Hoping you can point me in the right direction-many questions. I am wanting to buy 2 single family homes using a conventional loan or 2. The two homes will be in different states. My plan is to hold ...

I was told theres no such thing as a dumb question, so here goes: If i want to buy a house for 200k, can I get two 100k loans from different places? If so, can they be consolidated so I pay once? Feel free to fill in ...

Hey there,I am new to RE investing and bigger pockets. So thank you very much for your help. I researched this a bit but couldn't find a good answer.  I am trying to start this business in Southern CT. So, I have been...