Hi everyone I'm beginning the process of building a rental portfolio. Most of the conventional lenders that I am talking with require at least 20 percent down and I can only have 10 mortgages against my social securit...
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I am looking at purchasing my second property.
I am a buy and hold investor. I buy with as little down as possible and try to pay off in 15 years, and I don't collect a dime until the property is paid off. I'm 29 ...
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Hello everyone,I own a commercial building worth $1.5 million that is unemcumbered. I purchased it a little over 6 months ago. It is leased by the doctor I purchased it from with a month to month triple net at $9200 a...
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EVICTIONS CAN BE A NIGHTMAREYou did your due diligence, you purchased a property after running your numbers, you found a great tenant, checked their background information, verified their income, and followed up with ...
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Hey Guys,I am trying to get an idea of whether evaluating the delta between interest rate and initial cap rate is a reasonable metric to evaluate when analyzing a syndication deal? For example, if the cap rate is 5.5...
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Hi Everyone,When running your numbers on single family homes for long term rentals do you change your regular maintenance and CapEx reserve numbers when looking at homes of different ages? For example, a home built in...
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I am a new investor and I am looking to buy my first Single home. I need some help with my numbers: I used bigger pockets calculator. What is a good Cash on Cash and Cap rate for a single home? This house is move in ...
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Unsure if this is universal or more on a local level (I'm in North Jersey if it matters), but is it possible to graduate from flood insurance? In other words... can the property get re-assessed to determine flood ins...
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Hello everyone, I have recently graduated university and I'm looking into investing in my first duplex. I've been looking at listings in the Cincinnati, Ohio area but was wondering what advice/tips you would have for ...
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Hi,
My wife and I are now in our early 50's. We own 2 business condos which are totally paid off, one of which she operates her signs and graphics company, and the other is rented to a lighting company. We own the ho...