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Good evening BP Pros!My wife and I would like to purchase rental #2! However, we need some guidance on how to pay for it. Here's the situation:Rental #1 value = ~$122k (according to zillow estimate)mortgage balance ...
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I'm buying a small duplex that needs 20k work, not including labor. I'll be doing the work. Do I do a SOW, just to learn how or do I just track the expenses and hours of labor? When I say, "I", I'm referring to my ...
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I own three houses in CA (2 San Diego and 1 Oxnard). The Oxnard house is currently tenant occupied and the tenant is possibly moving out this summer. This house is under VA Loan at 2.5% interest rate. I also have HELO...
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Good afternoon everyone,Ever since I was little I have thought about investing in real estate. Why? Because I grew up poor living in a variety of apartment buildings and I have always done the basic math of what one c...
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So I'm buying a 3 family home..$250,000 in NJ , I'M taking a conventional investment loan 30 year with 25% down non owner occupied. Did a lot of browsing around with different lenders. So this rate was the best rate ...
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Hi, really excited to have found bigger pockets and begin connecting with others who have been making a living off of real estate or used it as a supplemental source of income. My goal is to eventually not have to wor...
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What is everyone's thought on the initial expendature of funds on propfessional services such as financial planners, attorneys, CPAs, etc. Do you foot the bill upfront, or go at it alone and hope you don't make a mist...
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I’m getting to the point that I would like to start using a private money lender. Talked to one through another forum. But got the feeling it might be a scam. Any tips or recommendations are greatly appreciated. Tha...
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I currently have a lease option agreement in place with the a FSBO seller and I typically assign these agreements for an option fee to tenant buyers who need time to obtain a mortgage to buy the property. However I a...
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Hey BP Community,
I saw a video on Youtube by a BRRRR investor who said he was able to get money out of his BRRRR in just TWO MONTHS with his strategy. The LLC he controls bought a property for $140k and put $15k of ...