Niaja Farve
Newbie with $30K. Where to begin???
Hi. New to the site and have about 30K saved up with no debt. I currently live in Japan until March, but would like to start purchasing property in the states. Is it best to start with a owner occupied property (duple...
Casey Eason
Funding new construction buy and hold with two month timeline.
Hello BP community,As a former Contractor turned investor/stay at home dad, I am in the middle of my first property deal with two Contractor/Developers in my previous home of Teton Valley, ID. Now that our development...
Ray McDaniel
Need help with financing first deal
I'm looking at my first deal in South Eastern Ohio, asking price is $100,000. It's been on the market for five months (slow area for selling). It is a duplex renting one side for 584 and the other for 600 per month, b...
Wendy Carpenter
New from the Tacoma/Olympia area
Hi everyone, I'm looking to get into multi family investing in the near future. I just finished an extensive rehab on a sfr in the Thurston county area (just had renter move in, buy and hold property). THAT was a huge...
Guido Bertoli
Unknown expenses before making an offer?
Hey everyone,I've found a potential property investing in through craigslist and I had a few questions regarding it.Here are the details:Triplex fully rented: ASKING $479,000 - 3 Bed 2 Full Bath (rents for $1200) - 2 ...
Wendy Black
Selling in Orange County/Rancho Santa Margarita
Slowdown or bubble right now?We took our condo off the rental market and put it up for sale some 75 days or so ago, adjusted the price twice, and haven't gotten a single serious nibble. We're about to put it up for r...
Franklin Spees
The Evolution of Property Management
For the past 17 years I've been practicing as a real estate attorney, broker, investor, urban planner, syndicator and owner of a mid sized property management company in California. It has been my experience and obse...
Jesse Mitchell
Maximizing Refi for BRRRR
Morning BiggerPockets world.I am currently on the first R and trying to plan my renovation in a way that maximizes my appraisal ( as expected)...I have the opportunity to save about a grand on my rehab by having a use...
Ken Lagana
Boom or bust? Is now a good time to own rentals?
Just reading an article today in the wsj: https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-existing-home-sales-dropped-in-september-1539957950?emailToken=a8fc719ae9f6d54df13e655f7c48f09aqvJ1ILIMG5gL0mjK/c26HRAAXnV3Z8zIp/E42QWlffFMFiv...
Charles Benkendorf
How do you "buy right"?
Hi all, I was reading some articles from Brendan Turner about buying right - how he looks to buy property at 70/80% of the valueIf you follow this rule, what are some rules of thumb you use to identify these opportuni...