Anthony Trollope
New Member from Pearland, TX (Greater Houston)
Hello BP nation!I've been lurking here for 10 months consuming all that I can. The plethora of content here is so valuable. Very grateful to all who contribute to it. Thank you.Originally from London, UK, I moved to H...
Kenneth Biason
Beginner just starting out in North Jersey
Hello!I am a 30 year old soon to be married. Both my fiance and I have good income jobs, looking for advice on how to start out in a tough market like north jersey. Our goal is to achieve financial independence one ...
Pramod Yash
Newbie in Orange County, CA
Hello all,I am a newbie out of Orange County, CA. My day job is a software engineer but I am looking to expand my comfort zone and thereby work towards my financial independence. Real Estate (buildings) has always fas...
Joshua D Enos
Buying a house and rental property at the same time.
My wife and I are looking into purchasing rental property. This is new to us but, we are really getting interested. In the near future we would like to purchase ourselves a new home as well. My question would be "how ...
Justin C.
How do the numbers look on this 2-unit? (Beginner)
I'm analyzing a potential first deal- spreadsheet below. It is a 2-family located in MA. I'm assuming I would need to put 25% down on the purchase price. To get the rents, I used rentometer.com and then scaled down...
Dustan Marshall
finding time for everything
My wife and I both work full time and have active life styles. Right now all my nights and weekends are spent trying to grow the RE business. However we will be having kids soon and I will need to be home more and f...
Drew Zaruba
Do I go with an FHA or Conventional Loan?
Hi guys, I am new to BiggerPockets and new to real estate investing. I am a college sophomore looking to buy a house for me and my three roommates to live in next year. I plan on house hacking with them paying down th...
Joseph Shin
Does househacking work in the GTA?
Quick look on the MLS shows that multi family housing prices start at min 500k for a terrible condition home.Ideally I would like to buy a duplex or triplex as my first property out of university but saving enough for...
Abner Sanchez
WHAT SHOULD I DO FOR MY DOWN PAYMENT?!?!
So have $30,000 in cash reserves but I do not want to use it all on a down payment for of a house (via Conventional Financing/ 20%). Now I know what you're thinking "just do the FHA route" well that is 100% true I can...
Greg Loomis
HVAC, repair or replace for Flip
Hi, guys!
I am in the process of rehabbing a property in Central VA and I'm torn on rehabbing or replacing an old HVAC (15 - 20 years old). We got it to work but the unit is an eye sore.Does anyone have any thoughts ...