New to renting, looking for advice.
Single family home valued around $1.1m. Roughly $510k owed. Converting it to a rental projected to rent @ $4500 monthly. Currently monthly is $2800 monthly on a 2.65%. Property Man...
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Hi everyone,
I have a realtor that is willing to knock doors of distressed home-owners (e.g. pre-forclosures) and explain to them creative financing options to help them in their situation such as doing a seller fina...
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I wanted to share a little bit about our moderation policies, in case there is some confusion.
The BiggerPockets Forum was established so people can have a platform to communicate with one another about real estate t...
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If I have a rental business, can I use that income to qualify me as self employed so I can set up a self-directed solo 401(k)?
@Dmitriy Fomichenko @Seth Tandett
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I have a rental where market rent for this SFR is around $2000/mo. It's been vacant since June. That's puts it vacant for about 4 months now. I started advertising it at $2100 and steadily lowered it to now $1700. ...
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Hello!! im a high school student and I’m very interested in real estate investment and would love to hear some suggestions on how to get started. Specifically, I’m interested in house hacking as a way to begin practic...
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If you're interested in adding real estate lends as another tool in your toolbox, these are the steps I've learned you should take to vet your borrower before looking at any of their opportunities!
Background checkCr...
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Hello! This could help newcomers and I am one also, 5 months in. newbie. BP has been great for me :)An update here on the Morning Side duplexes we bought in Detroit. Bought Feb 21. Signed with PM March 21st. 3 out of ...
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We just signed a 63 unit two weeks ago and have signed on a 67 unit this past Friday. We are self funding these deals, and they were brought to us by a broker.
How do you find a deal in this part of the market cycle,...
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I purchased a property in an area with an HOA in 2020 in a ski town with the intent to build a home on it to live in during retirement (15 years away) and rent until then using it occasionally when not rented to cover...