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What are your experiences renting to people who are retired? I have a potential tenant interested in renting a townhouse from me ($1800/month) and will be living alone. Curious on the best way to verify income, she me...
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I am in the process of buying a property. I have used a lender in the past and wanted to shop around to see who can give me the best rates. I got pre-approved by my previous lender and by another lender. My previous l...
Hi BP! I'm a newbie looking to make my first purchase: a duplex. I'm planning to use Navy Federal Credit Union for financing with a 0% down VA Loan (my husband is Active Duty Navy) and house hack while working F/T. Th...
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I am closing on the re-finance on a multifamily in Ohio where we will cash out $250k and I wanted to share my case study with others so they can learn from our mistakes and successes. First, here are the quick numbers...
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Hello,Checking out the site. My wife and I are mostly retired and are considering different options for some long-term plans we have. We currently live in Northern Virginia and own our home, but are considering sell...
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Because I started my own business and had to show two years of positive income within the business my wife and I had to hold off on buying our first house. Now that we are ready i have also been educating myself in r...
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Hi. If doing a house flip and spitting profits 50/50 (money/rehab work), are the profits spit after subtracting capital gains tax or before? Thanks!
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Hello BP Community!I am a long time lurker of the BP forums, and huge fan of the podcasts and blogs. So far, I have only dabbled in real estate over the years. I have owned a few rental properties (mostly primary resi...
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I have recently been gifted my grandparents’ house. A three bedroom one bath single family home that is worth 78k (in Montana). I have very low paid expenditures, currently the property tax is $1,100 annually, I pay 6...