My wife and I bought our house 2 years ago this month, we've been slowly renovating our house but initially never purchased with the intent to invest in real estate. We've completely changed our mindset and have dived...
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I am a newbie to biggerpockets.com and just wanted to get some ideas from everyone here about our situation here. A little bit about myself: my wife and I both currently work full time at corporate jobs. Other than o...
I was recently told from a lender that amid the Covid-19 crisis, banks are no longer doing cash-out refinances for multifamily investment properties. Is this true? If so, I imagine this would be quite impactful to the...
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Hi Bigger Pockets investors.. I am a new investor looking to invest in Richmond VA area... I have driven around the area... mostly downtown, near the university.. and some neighborhood based off of realtor.com sear...
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I currently have roughly 80,000 dollars of equity in my current residence. I have been looking into utilizing a HELOC to make a down payment on a house that I plan to flip and rent out. Does this work or is buying the...
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So I live in San Diego in the military age 28 and I really want to get started in investing in real estate. Homes are very expensive around here/the units are all occupied. I want to use my VA loan. I found a townhous...
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When looking to invest out of your local area, what are some of the first things to look at?
How do you determine good vs bad areas?
Pricing rents? just craigslist for comparison?
Do rely on a realtor from the are...
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Evening all,I am completely new to the game of REI. I have aspirations of quitting my day job one day and living off my investments, hopefully riding into retirement one day from it. My question to you today is what i...
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I'll be meeting with a fellow investor about a Duplex (possibly triplex) they are selling within the next week or two. I have met the person at their personal residence and had a brief discussion with them about it, b...
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Hello BiggerPockets! I've been lurking for a few weeks. Finally realized I need to get more involved in order to get the most benefit from this great community. I'm a Citizen Soldier in the Army National Guard and an ...