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Hello BP!My name is Alex from Ontario and I'm a new and aspiring real estate investor. Looking for guidance on opening up business accounts for someone starting in their personal name.Which Canadian business accounts ...
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HI All,First post on BP! I am a relatively new RE investor in the greater Milwaukee area. Just over 1 year ago, my wife and I bought a Duplex on the border of Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. For those outside of the a...
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Hello!I am a first-time homebuyer. My wife and I are working towards owning our own rental properties and have been wanting to house hack. Our financial situation has been scarce as over the past two years I was worki...
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I have an interesting situation and trying to figure out the best solution. I sold one of my rentals to my tenant with a seller backed mortgage and note (this is in Ohio). The date of the note and mortgage was Octob...
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I’m a newbie so I think this question is appropriate. I’ve received different answers from different people so here it is. For rental properties ... do lenders require your insurance to cover replacement value of th...
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Hi team,I'm early in my journey and need some objective advice from some other folks. I currently have a mortgage on a condo in Tampa, FL. I'm trying to decide if I should go ahead and pay it off, making it into a sof...
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Hello BP People! I know that this topic has been beat to death already and that the general consensus is to house hack before buying, however, my situation is a little unique and I would appreciate some input from the...
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STR Owners and potential STR owners - Here's a little advice. When getting insurance for your STR's, strongly consider getting the additional $1,000,000 liability umbrella coverage. It doesn't add a lot more to the ...
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Hello All!
I’m needing some advice and I’m hoping to get several opinions/points of view with respect to 15yr vs 30yr and cash out refi vs HELOC on my primary residence and a decision that I’m trying to make which al...
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For those of you who invest in either NV real estate and/or trust deed notes or even judgment liens, I just got the official ruling:HOA liens that are foreclosed on are given a priority status and wipe off 1st mortgag...