Hi everyone,I'm a graduate student looking to start investing in rental properties after a couple years of working and saving for a down payment. My savings so far have been going into my regular savings account, but ...

Hi. I'm saving for my first house hack and trying to find the ideal place to park my savings. Criteria are: liquidity, safety, tax protected, return, and able to pull cash out when it's time to purchase. I opened a Ro...

I am in the works of acquiring my first investment property, which will be a duplex that I plan to house hack. It took me a year of being frugal to save for the down payment. This year, I have several life events that...

Hello all!I'm writing to introduce myself. My husband and I live in California, but are looking to invest in our first property within the next year in the Rochester area (specifically a nice suburb like Pittsburg or ...

Hey guys and gals! I am a newbie and after tons of research I think I have narrowed down my market. I am excited to purchase my first rental and I am at the point where the only thing left to do is pull the trigger, b...

Do you set aside money each month into a savings account for reserves?  Is it unwise to rely on a HELOC on your primary residence for when any repairs come up so that you can plow all of the income from the rental pro...

I've always done the responsible thing, of putting money into my 401(k).  After a few job moves, I have two IRAs and a 401(k).  I've never really been saving for anything, other than retirement.  With that being said,...

#askBPI have $30k saved and ready to use.  Is there an advantage to using this to pay down my current (primary) mortgage and then getting an equity line of credit, or should I use this strictly as investment capital? ...

I’m just starting out and I was trying to get a preapproval letter so that I could know what price range to start looking in. I was told that I should save up $10,000 before I even consider getting a preapproval lette...

Curious why peoples opinions are on maintaining full coverage (with Lower cash flow) vs driving down your coverage to improve cash flow. My increasing my deductible from 1,800 per property to 5,000 per property I can ...