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I am a first time prospective investor. I currently own a home with a decent amount of equity built up (around $400K) and thinking about using some of the equity through a HELOC to help as a down payment on an investm...
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Rob has lived in the Chicago suburbs his whole life, giving him an amazing understanding of the various neighborhoods and cities throughout the Chicagoland suburbs. Rob has been investing and managing his personal re...
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Good evening everyone! I'm new to Biggerpockets. I would love to meet and connect with you professionals. I'm familiar with the San Diego market. I'm an active realtor and would love to help you in your real estate ne...
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From the “Banking Weekly,” a Financial Times podcast from June 2nd, non-bank lenders in the U.S., also called private money lenders, are starting to dominate the U.S. mortgage market. For the first time in history, pr...
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Hi guys,
I'm about to go into contract on a 10 unit mixed use property. 8 residential occupied, and 2 commercial 1 of which is occupied. The building is a corner lot and the vacant commercial space is around 40' on t...
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i just purchased my first rent house back in june. looking to expand my properties and am wanting to see everyone's advice.
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Any suggestions for insuring a 6plex?? My normal insurance companies either don’t insure those or are way too much
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I am looking at a 6 unit property owned by a church. They are using one of the units as their office.I have read that you can’t donate a unit. If I collect fair market rent from the church, and turn around and donate ...
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Hi everyone! I'm getting my license in Florida currently and really have already picked a brokerage I want to work for but was advised to still interview around. Besides things like revenue share, commission split a...
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Hi,
I would like to purchase commercial property from a business associate that consists of 3 units of leased office space. He had an appraisal of the property done in 2004 after he remodeled the building and the i...