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Hi, I'm looking to buy a rental property in Long Beach. We plan to live in it for 1-2 years then rent it out. I am not familiar with the area in terms of neighborhoods and was hoping to get some insight into which are...
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Howdy!I am currently out shopping for lenders to purchase my first rental property (looking to house hacking in a multifamily) in the Houston area. I have been researching on loan types that fit my financial state and...
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I've have had a rental property in Georgia for a while and we are pretty happy with it. $50k paid cash returning $700/month and has already gone up in value due to it being in an area with some good developments. I'm ...
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Good Morning All!!I hope everybody has a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. OK . A peer of mine has a rental property in his self-directed IRA. He want to sell it / I would like to buy it. His IRA will hold the note....
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We are making an offer on a lender owned property that will need 15-20k in repairs. We are planning on doing most of the work ourselves. We are bidding 10K below sales price (it has been on the market for many month...
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My wife and I want to buy our 1st rental property. We are currently looking into a duplex that we could buy for $40,000. We can get a 6.5% for 15 years ($314/mo for P+I) or a 7% for 30 years ($240/mo).
My wife and ...
I have found what I think is a pretty good property. It's in the suburbs - two buildings (next to each other) with 4 rentals in total.
Long-term tenants with total rent = $3050/month
Asking Price: $272,000...
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What do you look for when buying a rental property?Location?good cash on cash return? good positive cash flow? anything else??
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About 2.5 years ago I purchased my first home and took advantage of the first time home buyer tax credit. The terms of the tax credit required that I live in the house as my primary residence for a period of 3 years....
Hey what is the best rental property for cash flow?