Hello BP community! I'm a newbie who is about to jump head-first into this real estate world, and had to pause for a moment to ask a very important question. Am I crazy?My primary residence in a San Diego suburb (Ch...
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I apologize as I could fit the full question in the title.We currently pay our nanny/sitter $500/week to watch our two young children. This is under the table and not tax deductable. Our arrangement works fine for b...
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Good day BP!Yesterday I had an opportunity present itself that looks pretty fair on the napkin. Still getting some numbers to create a more thorough analysis, but my question comes in for financing.The opportunity is...
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Anyone in Chattanooga doing investing? Looking to connect and network. Learn from some others and hopefully some mentorship outside of my family. . Let me know. Thanks!
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Just want to talk out a situation.We are moving to a new areaHave not sold current house and will operate as short term rental, $1600 mortgage plus operating expensesUnder contract for a new house in new location at $...
Has any one had any issues (or ever heard of anyone who has) with chain of title when buying a property thats been entered in to MERS. Im looking at a duplex now and this system appears in the mortgage of the current...
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To start off I just turned 26 years old and make just over 50k annually. I have approximately 3k in my 401k and am considering cashing it out to invest with additional funds in all cash purchases of sfh/duplexes. My w...
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Hello everybody,So I have been on the search for a SFH house as of recently, attempting to find a 3BR 2 bathroom somewhere on the north side (Below magee, above river, west of oracle, east of freeway), and in the silv...
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I'm a homeowner who plans to install a fence on my driveway along my property line to preserve privacy b/c there have been a lot of strangers going in and out of my neighbor's house constantly. I'm concerned. I gave a...
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I've been told it's possible to put 15% down on a property instead of the usual 25% by using collateral. Let me know your thoughts!!!$5,300,000 Purchase Price 795,000 15% down 530,000 10% equity to come from ...