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My wife and I are relatively new to the investing game. We have no debt except the 2 houses we own ($240,000 total mortgage debt). One property cashflows $550 / mo and the other is our primary residence / airbnb and...
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Can somebody please clarify the HELOC for me, please? I'm going to be closing on my 1st rental property on May 1st. Upon closing, I will instantly have approximately 50K in equity in the house. I was under the impr...
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Hey my name is Matthew Gilman I am a new member of Bigger Pockets. I have been listening to the Podcast and the biggest thing they harp on is introducing myself in the forums.I am a 23 year old Software Engineer worki...
I am a beginner in real estate and looking to scale a portfolio as fast as possible. How do I buy single family homes that I will not reside in for 100% LTV or anything close to that? I have heard of folks getting 95%...
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My wife and I are looking to purchase a new home, rent out our current house, and hopefully house hack with the new purchase. The issue that we are running into is that there are very few duplexes in the Phoenix/Phoen...
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Hello BP,I am very excited to share that my wife and I are closing on our first rental property. We are in our late 20's and have been wanting to do this for years; I have been studying investing, off and on, since 20...
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Hi! I am Brian Dowling from Fairport a suburb of Rochester NY. I work a full time job for a major corporation as a Facilities Manager of the largest Critical Data Center in upstate New York. I have prior experience ...
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How would you invest 250k in real estate. I'm in northern va, really expensive here.
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Hello Bigger Pockets community! My name is Jose Marques and I'm new to the forum as well as investing in real estate. I currently reside in the Tampa, FL area. I am a Financial planner so I feel that my career experie...
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Hello,I'm curious what other investors would do in a situation where they own their primary residence free and clear and they are looking to move. The house would make an ideal rental due to the neighborhood, proximit...