Steven DeHart
Rental property funding ideas
I’ve been having several conversations related to raising funds to purchase rental properties. One topic came up about using the existing equity in your personal residence (HELOC) to finance these purchase. That said,...
Nick Scapellati
Insuring a home for conventional financing.
Hey BP peeps. My wife and I are in the process of buying a fixer upper with conventional financing. The only hiccup we are having securing insurance to satisfy the lender. I am reaching out to see if there are part...
Eric LeBlanc
Investor/homeowner partnership concept?
Is anyone aware of a concept where an investor/contractor will partner up with a homeowner to flip/expand the homeowner's existing house for free in exchange for a portion (ex. half) of the profit when it's sold? I li...
Tracy Brown
Closing on R.E. Contract ...Need advise!
My first deal would be this triplex I have under contract to close the end of this month. This property has a ton of equity. I need to know how to close and extract at closing, use existing equity as a down payment so...
River Luce
Will The FHA Approve a Loan if I want to Build my own Home?
Hey There Bigger Pockets,
I have been looking into FHA Loans and I am curious about if they allow buyers to use the money to build their own property? Some of the markets I have looked into cost more for existing hou...
Josh Coup
Plumbing disaster in Kansas City area
The plumber that fixed our plumbing disaster (around the base of a toilet) recommended I reach out to a carpenter to check for wood-rot. The water damage is within the walls and likely the subfloor. Do I look for a ca...
Jake Kucheck
Oh Crap... Diana Olick is Pumping Up Rental Bonds
At least somewhat concerning that the timing of this push by CNBC is right before all three of the publicly traded SFR REITs do their Q3 earnings calls. It really looks like the machine is pushing to make this the...
David Jacques
New member in Baltimore
Thought I would finally sign up. I renovated homes during the recession, transitioned into sales and now work in land acquisition for a national builder. I just finished up the MSRE program at JHU and am really enj...
Richard Aguila
Primary residence & home business sale
Hello All, I am looking forward to starting a permaculture home business in the next few months and it will be successful (have to speak it into existence lol). I will likely permanently move 3-5 years after the start...
Thomas Willingham
Maintenance Fund Multi Family
How much percentage are you guys putting back for maintenance on a medium sized Multi-Family (50-100 units)?