Hle Xiong
Would you start house hacking if there was no cash flow
Hi, I’m trying to purchase my first home ever and plan to house hack a duplex. I’m working with a realtor and right now the price is $500k. I would be using an FHA loan and put down around 5%. Each unit will rent for ...
Mitchell Wildman
Seeking to move west and looking for advice/opinions
I currently live in NorthWest Indiana I just sold my first house which i finished the basement and remodeled a bathroom and made some money on that I'm a HUGE skier and dirtbike rider so looking to move to the mountai...
Mike Toole
REI:Seattle vs Denver
Hello all,I recently moved to Seattle area and have been thinking about buying a house there. But the housing market is so discouraging that I feel renting is a better choice than owning a house right now. With the s...
Anand Acharya
Investing in multi-family
Hi all, I am a complete newbie to real estate investing. I have a condo rental but that is something I rented out after I moved out of it and did not want to sell. So it was not bought with investment in mind. Althoug...
Alex Orrson
Small Multi-Family House Hack Questions
Hello all!I am fairly new to REI. I've read several of the BiggerPockets books and feel ready to purchase my first property. I am looking to start with a small multi-family property and house hack.I have found a few p...
Eleazar Aragon
How do I find out if existing tenants are paying rent?
I'm look at a duplex that have two tenants. 1 is month to month, and the other has 6 months left on the lease. With the stop on evictions, is there a way to find out if the tenants stopped pay the sell the rent? the ...
Greg Koszkul
How to find a strong investment near a military base
I have been doing research into purchasing a property near Fort Bragg in NC, as this is a huge military installment. How do you analyze properties in areas like this where the market does not fluctuate as much, and is...
Collin Hays
STR owners pay sales tax on VRBO's service charge?
We are currently in a sales tax audit with the state of TN. The auditor is stating that it is my responsibility, as STR owner, to pay tax on the service fee that VRBO charges guests. How could that be possible? Thi...
Byron Hunter
Opinion of Market Reaction Come January
Hello BP family. I am a REALTOR in Dallas and own 2 rentals. I'd like to know y'alls opinion about what property values could do starting in January.
My understanding is in January, unless things change, tenants can...
AJ Satcher
How Do I Know the Actual Value of My Home Right Now?
Hello everyone,Now to get an actual valuation I know I'd just have an appraiser come out, but that's $300 just for being curious. Zillow and Redfin give different estimates so its kinda tough to know which one to go w...