Mike Levene
House Hacking In Expensive Markets
Hi all, I recently started an informal real estate group with some old college friends. They are all looking at strategies to use for their first deal and many of us are leaning towards a house hack to reduce the amou...
Tyler Kesling
Funding Your First Deal
I have a goal of purchasing my first property July 2025. I'd love for that to be at least 20+ units and I'm curious how some of you financed your first deals? Lessons learned? My current goal is to create enough cash ...
Account Closed
How To Strip The Most Equity - My Dilemma
Here is the scenario. I have a home that I’ve owned for 6 years. It’s worth about $380k and I owe about $240k. I want to strip out as much equity as possible. Today a wild idea occurred to me and I want to consult the...
Michael Zuber
I see 18-36 Months of more Price Appreciation. You?
So I think the good news around real estate is only going to continue for some time to come. I believe we could see 5%-10% appreciation between now and 18-36 months on a national level and much more in local markets ...
Megan Silver
Flashy vs. Practical: Breaking out of my long-term rental niche.
TL;DR: We are good at long term rentals, but we want a beach house. Is that a bad idea?Background: My husband and I own a few (mostly local) long-term rentals that all have a positive cash flow. While I'm not finding ...
Tevin Swain
Hard money and application
Hello , I have only posted on bigger pockets a few times , but a new resolution I am deciding to ask more questions to get more results from my Real estate investing career. I recently have become more interested i...
Justin Reid
Refinancing a car to get down payment?
I have a 2nd toy car that I have a loan on, but am equitable in. A property came up just a few houses down from my current rental and I think I can buy it right, but I don't have the cash for the down payment at the m...
Joshua Cook
Interest Paid vs. Asset Gained. What would you do?
My Current Real Scenario:I have a primary residence in FL with a VA home loan attached to it with a 2.2% interest and only 10% of my money in the home and the value, though dropping, is almost double the mortgage. My ...
Nick L.
How to weather hypersupply and recession
First, thanks to @Douglas Dowell and others for switching me onto Glenn Mueller. His latest commercial real estate cycle analysis is here: http://www.irem.org/File%20Library/Events/IFLC/IFL...I am worried about overbu...
Jay Hinrichs
Portfolio loans and things to be aware of.
@Steve Vaughan Steve i think we have had this conversation before.. One of my Vendors called me asking for some advice.
he had rolled up a bunch of his SFR's to ( for lack of better words) a Corevest type portfolio ...