Upon selling a rental property that was my school of hard knocks, I find myself with enough money to pay off some but not all of my horrendous debt. I have very little income though, not enough to live off of.  I know...

I've read a few blogs regarding using credit cards to fix and flip properties. I have two main concerns and I was hoping could give me some advice: 1. Credit score: How does a cash advance impact your credit score? Le...

 I am comparing between buying rental properties or investing in REITs/real estate ETFs. From my understanding rental properties are better to invest in most ways financially. My specific situation is that I work in F...

I just answered a post called "How to prevent an eviction".  And the poster was correct in what he said, but some landlords replied, "don't ever say never".  My answer prompted me to get on a roll regarding this matte...

Newbie here... Just like Mehran Kamari (podcast episode 72), I live in LA and would like to start investing in buy & hold rental properties, but the math simply doesn't seem to work here. I was born, raised and ha...

Hi all, I'm 23 years old and 7 months into my first job out of college in the Fox Valley, Wisconsin area.  Still have student loans to pay off (looking at about 2 years to do that) and then would most likely want to b...

Hello fellow Cape Codders! I'm so happy BP finally created a sub-forum for Cape Cod in Massachusetts, so I thought I would get the ball rolling and make the first post. Are other people interested in getting together ...

I hear a lot of landlords on here talk about tenants needing to make 3x the rent to qualify. Is this rule still a reasonable expectation in lower income areas?

About the unit I'm renting: I think I can get 10...

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As a result of a previous post where I asked about a HELOC against a rental property (thanks again!), I am now in the market to acquire my next investment property. We've been looking for about a week now and...

Hello AllI'm very new to BP but have been reviewing a lot of the posts that have come through to better acquaint myself with the site and its benefits. I'm very impressed with this sort of comradery and desire to help...