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I will be retiring and moving to South Carolina and looking to start my next chapter investing. I am trying to learn and figure out what type of investor I will be. I started thinking I would like to have vacation ren...
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Hello BP world!Looking for some input on 2 aspects: let's assume I have 2 Condos held in my own name where I want to do a cash-out refi (conventional/conforming) to use that cash to buy more properties.Current cash fl...
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Hey All,I just used a cash windfall to buy my dream home in San Jose for 1.6M and, as it was very dated inside, I am spending 200K to dramatically upgrade the kitchen, bathrooms and flooring with premium materials an...
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Hi, I'm in the process of looking for investment properties in South Philly, more specifically the Greys Ferry area. A lot of new construction has recently been on the market this year. I know none of us have a crysta...
My name is Brett, I have been a fan of bigger pockets and listen everyday to the bigger pockets podcast and bigger pockets money, absolutely love it. I set a goal for myself to obtain a buy in hold property in one ye...
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Hello BP family. I have a duplex that i got in 2017 and the taxes went up to 9k, more than doubled. That ate up cashflow so now i'm breaking even. Also one of my tenants has not paid since April, so now im thinking ma...
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Hi everyone,
I'm a Canadian interested in investing in a US multifamily syndication. The issue is that most syndications are structured as LLCs, which are not recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency.
If I were to i...
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Hi, we are newbies and hope to get pre-approved soon for our first STR deal. Trying to wrap our heads around the best way to approach financing. Should we pull cash from our current stock/mutual funds (based on cur...
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A friend of mine is looking to purchase an investment property. He is a student, so he doesn't have any income outside of an investment property he owns free and clear. He said he's been pretty much shut down by the c...
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BP, Now that tax season is over I was wondering if anyone tried to do something like this, this year. I have three property's where I handle the lawn maintenance. Currently I have a push mower at each propert...