Christopher G Platt
Where to Invest While Saving for Your Next Real Estate Investment
You’ve invested in your first or most recent piece of real estate - congratulations! After the stabilization period that comes with the transfer of ownership of real estate, and starting to execute your business plan,...
Joshua Nuss
New Invester - Reading for a couple of years, ready to take the next step
Hello, I have read several books including Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat by David Greene, How to Invest in Real Estate by Brandon Turner and Joshua Dorkin, and The Book on Rental Property Investing by Brandon Tu...
Brian J Allen
Fannie Mae 5% Down Multifamily Loan: A Double-Edged Sword
In November 2023, Fannie Mae introduced a new policy allowing owner-occupant loans on 2-4 family homes with just 5% down, a significant change from the previous requirement of a minimum 15% down payment. One might thi...
Bienes Raices
Need to create contract for this job?
The small house I'm buying needs to be repiped. The person who is doing it said it could be done in one day, with a full crew. Do I still need to create a contract for a job that lasts this short a time period? Or wou...
Coban Scott
First Rental Property
I'm looking to House Hack as a start too my investing career, could I get a few tips to house hack in a very expensive place like Toronto, Canada. I have about $30,000 saved up as of now and I am a full time student i...
Rona Faison
Anyone using a solo 401k for purchasing properties
Hello,
I have a solo 401k that I have not done much with but thought about using it to purchase buy and hold rental properties. I'm interested primarily in multi unit properties duplex to fourplex and would be looki...
Bob H.
Would you approve an applicant with a big advance rent payment?
What do you think of this rental applicant?Cons: A bankruptcy "less than a year old" (I'm not sure if that's since filing or since discharge), no recent rental history because he was a homeowner, a new wife from his n...
Rick Bradd
Eminent Domain question
Greetings, I have been lurking on BP for some time now trying to absorb as much knowledge as I can, I am primarily interested in learning to invest in notes. That said I have been following any news, forum updates and...
Jamie Banks
Baselane - Banking Solution for Landlords
For those who self manage, I wanted to share a great bank I've been using called Baselane. Baselane is a bank that also has property management software and book keeping capabilities. As a manager of over 20 units, it...
Kenny Wolfenberger
Commingling Funds - is it legal?
At a recent real estate seminar I attended the presenter said that it is illegal to commingle funds from different private lenders to purchase a property. The example he used was borrowing money from 2 relatives (5...