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Hello,I'm out of Lansing Michigan. I'm new in the house flipping business/real estate in general and am trying to build my business from scratch. Doing a lot of research. Looking forward to being a part of this commun...
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Hi BiggerPockets Community!My name is Sara Marshall (no relation to the movie :) ) and I am a newbie from Tri-Cities (Richland, Kennewick & Pasco), Washington. I am a CPA by day and am currently working with a sta...
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Greetings BPers!I own a duplex in Daytona Beach. I've had it for coming up on 4 years now. Literally the minute I bought it, I've been taken to the proverbial wood shed with this property. One thing after another aft...
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Hi all!I have finally decided to take the plunge and start doing. So, I am on here, uploaded a picture, and discovered I first joined on December 31, 2015...Wow...Too much wasted time.So here I am, with my first post....
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Hello every one,
I m a newbie that found this site from listening to Judson and Lynn Voss. I live right outside Philadelphia area. I have 2 questions in regards to staring in this filed. One I have noticed 2 differen...
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Hi all, as requested by Josh and Brandon in the past few podcasts, I have decided to enter the forums to become more active in all aspects of real estate investing. I currently live in Baltimore, just bought a hou...
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Do you leave the blinds open? Is there any risk of more vandalism if they are open in your experience?
I have finally finished the rehab on my first investment property ever and thought this was interesting: When we...
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I am a full time worker that started learning about REI several months ago and recently I have started locating properties for local investors. I am prioritizing and saving to purchase a property of my own in a coupl...
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Hello! Thanks to you guys I just purchased a rental property in Minnesota! It's a SFR bought for 60k cash. It appraised for 90k. My questions are: 1 - What are my options to get the money out to do the BURRRR method?...
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Hey BP!
I recently got an FHA loan quote from a lender and the total cost down was a lot higher than I anticipated.
Here's some of the numbers
$140k property
3.5% down
Mortgage $980~/mo
Total money down $9,800~...