Omar Tinoco
Planning to rent a house
Hi,my parents are retired and are planning on retiring to colombia. We have a house in Pennsylvania and want to rent it out or sell it.I'm leaning more towards renting than selling cause the house is almost paid off a...
Cooper Meurer
Keep as rental property or sell?
Hello all! I am seeing opinions on my current situation. Hopefully, it doesn’t end up being too terribly confusing. I currently live in central Midland, TX in a 3 bed 2 bath single family home (1480 sq ft) with a valu...
Brandy Arciga
New BP Member from Honolulu, Hawaii
Aloha, everyone! I've been reading through BP posts, catching Brandon's webinars and podcasts occasionally, and have been focusing on learning more about real estate investing through other avenues as well for coming...
Rainiel De La Nuez
4.99 to 2.25 ARM: Did I do the right thing?
So, I just closed on my home, again, yesterday and started to doubt whether I actually made the right decision. Here is some of the back story. I was moving cross country on military orders and stayed in a hotel until...
Account Closed
Should I buy move in ready or fixer upper? $$$$$
Hey everyone,
I'm having a huge problem. My wife and I are shopping for a house. Originally we started out to find a distressed property to fix up so we could get an awesome deal and have everything we want. Then we ...
Account Closed
Short sale exit strategies
Question... how feasible is it to have retail as my main exit strategy (as in 95+%) of the time? I would have to connect with a killer agent and have some good marketing to facilitate this. I would also have to obta...
Darius Wade
Could use some House Hacking tips for a new real estate investor.
I am currently in the process of acquiring my first buy and hold multifamily property. My cash on hand is not enough to pay the 20% down payment for a loan so I have opted to put 5% down with a conventional loan. I ch...
Yoochul C.
Cashing In My IRA
Hey all,I recently sold a home in 2016. Unfortunately for reasons I don't want to get into, I couldn't do a 1031 exchange. So I had some capital gains plus depreciation recapture. So I know i'm due for some taxes o...
Stephanie Sherman
House-hacking? Is this a good plan?
Thanks in advance for the help and patience as I navigate this new world.I own a home in Portland OR, that I've lived in for 10 years. I owe 190 on it and it's worth around 335. Thanks to Portlamd's generous laws arou...
Tarcizio Goncalves
Finance vs cash purchase
Hi everyone, I am lucky enough that if I drive 1.5 hours outside my area, there is a good chance I can purchase a property for cash. I’ve been studying for the past 4 months about real estate investing and am ready to...