Inam Rehman
Step by Step Details on buying your first property
Hi BiggerPockets,
I have researched articles but did not find detailed steps and things to do while buying a property (SFH, duplex, triplex, quads). Please kindly take some time and make this into very concis...
Daniel O.
New 150% bump in salary, so what should be my plan for building wealth?
I am 36 years old, married with a 1 year old girl. I live in a Houston, Texas. My credit is pretty good - in the high 700's. I had a pretty decent salary before, but not enough with all of my expenses and dependent...
Julian Buick
Newbie from Seattle area in Washington State
My name is Julian. I don't have a lot of background in real estate other than having bought three houses as primary residences over the years. I'm originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland but have been living statesi...
Jeffrey Gordon
Applying the 50% rule to determine value
2% - 50% rule Question
Hi folks, I have heard this rule this week for the first time (THANKS) and have been reading all the forum posts I can find about how it is used to screen etc. Will bevery helpful in convinci...
Uuri Koh
FHA if I own inherited property?
I inherited a property and I am paying the mortgage which is in the estate name while I live in it and am doing the probate in pro per and am planning to renovate and rent it. In the meantime I'm educating and prepar...
Account Closed
Owner occupant without enough equity to secure financing to move.
Hi everyone,
I'm new here so forgive me if I am asking a question that I can find the answer to easily.
I am an owner occupant in a hot rental area of Philadelphia. I want to move on to another house an...
James Carlson
Denver cracking down on basement/ADU STR rentals
Through my contacts in the Airbnb world here in Denver, I'm hearing a lot of complaints about the city cracking down on basement unit and carriage house short-term rentals. I've heard of three distinct scenarios:-- So...
Mike Moore
Looking for a buy/hold in Raleigh & surrounding areas but finding it hard
My wife and I work a lot and have one rental property, our prev home. Looking into getting another (and more) buy/hold SFH, duplex, or maybe town home (though they don’t seem to appreciate as much as SFH). However, ...
Tracey Williams
What is the best price to offer?
Hi everyone
I went to check out a 4 unit multi-family today.
It's listed for $269,000
The rent/unit is $650.00
I check out the value on the auditors site and it value for $179,000
It was purchased in 2005 for $160...
Nathan Scott
How do you come up with a percentage for vacancies
Hey everybody! Just a quick question for you guys. I’m looking at a property that has 5 units. It’s monthly income is $2,475. Asking price is 150k. I like that it’s well above the 1% rule. I’m still waiting to get the...