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What are the pros and cons of house hacking in a bad neighborhood. I think this is my best route to take to get in the REI game but everything I see is old and in a bad neighborhood! Please give me some tips!
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Hey all! I'd like to know what you've found to be best practice when approaching off market deals. My first step is to arrange a drive around with my biz partner to look in neighborhoods for potential properties. But ...
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What would everyone say are the pros/cons of just buying a bigger property 8+ units on the first purchase?
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Hey everyone,
Im fairly new to the real estate game, and I'm currently exploring tools to streamline my tenant screening process for a property I have listed for rent. Has anyone come across software that gets lead i...
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Is It ok to get a mortgage on your first property (multi unit) to bring in passive income
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I am Planning to house hack in Austin and my timeline is 4-5 months. One of the online surveys says that the house might not get any appreciation after 2022 and home prices may decline in the 2022-2027 time period in ...
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Hello BiggerPockets investors, I am currently looking in the Maine area for 4 units building for a house hack and I wanted to use FHA loan, I know that it can go as low as 3.5% down payment plus any closing costs asso...
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I'm new to the real estate game, about to flip my first two properties and expect to clear around 50k combined on them. Is it a good idea from a tax standpoint to use the profits to put down towards a new personal hom...
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Started this year and have acquired 2 du plex since both with positive cash flow.
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Hello Biggerpockets users I was wondering if they're any success stories from placing properties for sale on facebook and getting deals closed using the website I ran this ad for a property and was able to get the pro...