Gary P.
My first RE investment before the first rent check
My first post while riding the ripple of closing on my first investment propertyWhy?I followed the path I was taught since grammar school: go to school, get a job, live below your means, save your money, retire. While...
Account Closed
Help me analyze this deal
View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.I am looking at a few opportunities in NH and this is one of them, I would appreciate an...
Jim Owens
Purchasing a condo with hard money
I am purchasing a small condo for 35k and it is worth about 70-75k. I am using hard money to purchase this condo and the hard money loan is good for one year. I would like to know if there is a way to refi the prope...
Christian M.
Pay Down Primary to Rid of PMI? Or Save to Buy More Properties
Hello everyone. This is my first post and I appreciate any replies. My wife and I just moved into a new house in July and converted our previous home into a rental property. We have 25% equity in the rental house w...
Blair Nye
Wrong end of the foreclosure process! Looking for advice.
I'm an out of state investor living in Tacoma, WA. I own a property in Fayetteville, NC that I bought in January of 2021 and have never missed a payment on. When my PM visited the property this morning they found fore...
Tim Yang
Why is Vacancy considered a cost?
In the rental calculator here, you factor in vacancy as an additional cost in owning a rental. I have been just automatically putting in percentages just to do the calculations without a second thought but I just rea...
Bhautik Bhanani
Seeking guidance for First time Primary home buy to convert Rental in future
Hi all, I am married and first time home buyer and currently living in Alpharetta, GA. Housing market here is good here as I saw online it says Alpharetta and Milton to have highest median home price in Georgia. I am ...
Jack W. Wong
houston market
I'm located in NYC and looking to invest in the Houston area. Does anyone have suggestions in regards to neighborhoods to avoid or invest in for cash flow?Any suggestions for management companies that you used previou...
Ryan Anders
Newb to STR in Houston Market
Hello BiggerPockets Community!I am reposting something I sent to the general starting-out community because it is specifically about STR. I figured I would get better responses here:I am deeply appreciative of the wea...
Chris Ruud
50% rule seems high?
I've been reading about the 50% rule (a quick way to estimate expenses being 50% of gross rental income) and have tried to apply it to properties for sale and it always comes out consistently too high. The numbers I'...