Hey all, I'm from Los Angeles. My partner was accepted into Portland State University for a master's program. We are not sure if it's a viable place to move/invest given our limitations. I would have about $60,000 sav...

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It’s 2020; a crazy C-R-A-Z-Y year. We are in the land ...

I am trying to decide what the best type of flooring would be to do. The first house is in a popular historic college town. Most homes even the rentals have hardwood floors. Sell for around $150k .The second house...

I was wondering if anyone has had experience using a 401k loan for capital towards buying an investment property? Most company 401k plans (including mine) allow you to take out a loan of up to $50k (or the lesser of 5...

Okay BP, help a confused rookie out... I'll give some quick background on my property and what I'm trying to do. In 2017 I purchased a home sold as a duplex for a total of $207k including about $23k of 203k funds to m...

I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B.  I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...

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I have read a post about HELOC's before but couldn't really find an answer to the question. I'm curious if anyone has used a HELOC (home equity line of credit) to pay off their mortgage in larger chunks...

My tenant won't give me permission to show my house to potential buyers. I am marketing it for sale WITH the rental agreement. This was explained to her, that she does not need to leave the property and that the inv...

I am currently turning tenants in a 4br/2ba SFH in Arvada, CO and planned to have laminate flooring + new carpet installed on Wednesday. As I'm sure a lot of you have done, I opted to pull out the old stain riddled c...

I bought my first property (duplex) back in June of '18 via the "House Hacking" Method Purchase price was 90k with an ARV of ~130k. My initial Rehab/ repair budget was 15k.Goal was to get the work done and cash out re...