Jessica Skupien
VA Loan Owner Occupancy Requirements
Hi BP folks,
My husband is in the military and we are planning to begin our real estate investing endeavors with an owner occupied multi family unit somewhere in East bay (Bay Area, CA). Assuming, of course, that I c...
Ho-Fan Kang
House Hacker from California
Hi All,Been a house hacker since late 2012 in southern California. Interested in doing more house hacking and transition into something bigger!
John K.
Are agents locked to a location?
Hey BP,Well I am toying with the idea of becoming a real estate agent. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to get a fantastic deal on the required course for New York. So I will probably be more active here with question...
Brandon Shoults
Partnership Investing? ... pros and cons
I'm ready to invest in some small multi-family units with two of my brothers. We have been discussing the upside potential of shared initial investment costs. We have discussed less about the potential pitfalls and he...
Michael Randle
Underwriting concerns/formula more of a deep dive.
Good Afternoon BP,
I am currently working on getting a feel for underwriting and I am crunching numbers on multiple properties. The wife and I closed out or real estate and we are look to re-invest in the first to mi...
Casey Smith
Help Evaluate a Deal: Mobile Home Park, partial HUD
Hello everyone!This is my first post so please bear with me and be patient if I don't follow standard decorum. I'm just going lay some out of the details and I would really appreciate some insight as if it seems like ...
Ciro Affronti
Need Advice on Mobile Home Park Deal in Phoenix, AZ
Hey BP Community!We recently purchased a 24 unit apartment building in the Camelback East area (85016 zip) in Phoenix, Arizona. The property was purchased from an out of state investor who owned multiple properties in...
Sergio Montoya
First Duplex at 180k
Like the title says, I'm looking to make my first real estate investment. I have about 20k saved in personal funds and was recently pre-qualified for an FHA loan of 250K at 5% down.
I'm looking at purchasing a 180k d...
Julia Beresfoes
Home equity to fund another purchase
Hello! Would you use equity in one of your homes as a cash out refi to obtain cash to purchase another investment? I am hesitant but I have $300k in equity and I would like to put it to use to work for me. Thoughts?
Antwoine McCoy
Use HCVP (Sec. 8) Sub Market Rents to analyze deals (DC area)
This post is for my DC area (DC, PG, MoCo, Alexandria, etc.) investors and interested investors. I have been using the HCVP Small Area Fair Market Rents as a basis to running my numbers when analyzing possible invest...