Kevin Phu
3.5/20% w/ lower mortage or 0% with high mortage?
Hello BPers! This has been a question/issue that I have been trying to figure out for a while now. I plan on purchasing my first property within in the next year. I have VA loans available to me but I'm unsure of how/...
Kimsua Chay
Thoughts on the Auburn Area Market? Sell or Rent?
Hey BP! So I'm a new member here and I currently own a nice 3 bed, 2 bath, 1 car garage condo up in the Lake Tapps/Lakeland Hills area. I happened upon a great deal on my condo (I believe I found it on Zillow by sheer...
Steve Smith
Dollar-Cost Averaging Applied to Rental Property Acquisition
I've been listening to @Scott Trench's new book, Set for Life, recently. Scott discusses the concept of dollar-cost averaging a bit as it relates to investing in index funds. This makes a lot of sense to me and I've...
Mary Funiga
Dishonest property manager help!!! input required
Hello everyone!I need some suggestions on handling a property manager dishonest practices and embezzlement. After a detail review of last year's statements issued by the property management agency in control of my 8 ...
John Ha
Heloc questions for rookie
Hi all - have not gotten into investing yet but have been wanting to for years just have not had the courage. Been thinking of using heloc on my primary.I pulled out a heloc on my primary home to finish the basement b...
Rick Carr
Wholesaling, cold calling and skip tracing
Is anybody using skip trace software?I've been using Intelius but I notice that the numbers there are usually old phone numbers and haven't been able to reach many like that. Is anyone else using it? what's your exp...
Eric S.
What are your suggestions for getting started with $150k?
Hey,I'm looking for your suggestions on the best ways to utilize $150k that I'm using from my equity.Some extra details.I'm a contractor/realtor. I live near Toronto, Ontario (Canada). I have a friend willing to also ...
Cheng Zhou
Buy rental property in Oakland or Sacramento
Hi BiggerPockets members,I am new to BiggerPockets, so I want to start out by saying hello! I am located in the Bay Area and thinking of buying my first investment rental property. I have a budget around 600k, and wit...
Cindy Craft
Converting LTR to STR
In Findlay, OH we currently have one LTR that is single story, with a covered car port, close to downtown, a park, and shopping in a quiet neighborhood. The current renters are amazing and have been in there since we ...
Noah Laker
STR in Sacramento
I'm a broker here in Sacramento, own some properties, and through our sister company we manage over 100 STR properties. We have portfolios in NorCal, SoCal, and Arizona. I made this observation last year that the "vac...