Kevin Brennan
Where should I start?
First post here. Been wanting to get into real estate investing for a very long time. My fiancé and bought our first house last year and getting married at the end of this year.
Our goal is to really the ball rollin...
Jessica White
Why would someone just.. lend me money
So new to this.. hopefully this is how we get things rolling.. On acquiring financing to any new real estate purchase, I have read a lot about "find a hard money lender, find someone who will loan you money personall...
Lee Melvin
What would you suggest?
In 2 years ill have 20K to invest in my first property in North Carolina.
Im thinking it will be best to buy a property and rent it out while im working and living abroad.
Ill be making about 2k a month without a h...
Jeremy Keeler
Does anyone know if you're prohibited from getting a HELOC in Tx
I was told by a lender via email that Federal law prohibits me from getting a HELOC on my residence if said residence has no mortgage. She was wanting to get me into a Texas A6 cash out style loan. I've searched high ...
Joshua B.
$100,000 Profit in Ann Arbor, Michigan
This was a buy-and-hold turned flip. About 6 months ago, I bought two duplexes that sat on one tax parcel (4 doors total). It was an expired listing that was in bad shape. Longer version of the acquisition story is he...
Account Closed
Materials for Direct Mailing
Hi everyone, as I get off market properties I am going to need to send out direct mail to these people, so I wanted to do yellow letters since it's cheaper I'm just starting out and learning. What are the exact materi...
Joshua Dorkin
BiggerPockets is Helping Our Members Find Answers to their Real Estate Questions Faster
Earlier today we launched a new feature on the forums sure to help our members save time and poised to eliminate the problem of members posting questions that have already been asked and answered.
Helping you find an...
Nick Boring
Capital Gains Tax on a Secondary Home
Hello BP and thanks in advance for your help!
From my understanding, secondary homes are not exempt from the capital gains tax, and if you are not renting it out then you cannot do a 1031. However, this client has h...
Aaron Dearth
Our First Deal Cash out Refi
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $137,000
Cash invested: $53,000
On our first deal we utilized the BRRRR strategy to purchase this property using a ...
Andrew Briggs
Starting a data service
Hi, I'm actually starting my own small real estate based data service. Initially, we will be covering just the DFW metroplex TX with efforts to expand quickly to the other top investor markets in the country. I'd ap...