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Buying a distressed or 70% ARV home with hard money, 100% LTC then refinanced it at 75% or less and rented it out? Curious if anyone has done this several times over in order to build their rental portfolio. This, ...
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hello to all the BiggerPockets family! I can't believe I've never heard or stumbled upon this site before. Real estate has been a passion of mine since I was a kid, but I never really thought about making it a prio...
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Now that I'm a member here and doing my research I see how many people are involved in real estate investing. I know this has been a popular strategy for many for a long time but I'm wondering if this has...
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I am looking at making an offer on a couple Homepath properties but have never done that in the past. I am curious if anyone has been able to get an offer accepted below their asking price, or does Freddie Mac stay pr...
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So I had a tenant leave the garage door open at my rental house for a whole day on the coldest day of the year and the pipe that goes to outdoor faucet burst. The pipe was not insulated. Do you think I should pay ...
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Quirky question. Held an open house this past weekend. Received several good applications. Everything out for screening which will take a few days because I am newly-registered landlord. A couple that looks great on p...
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This is a wholesale property which comps are at $158k but selling for $108k. The GC came in with an estimate of $23k for everything that it needed, so the offer went down to $101,500. I'm focusing on capital gains,...
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I was looking through the real estate section of the book store and saw "Multi-Family Millions" by Dave Lindahl sitting on the shelf. I skimmed through the first 20 pages pretty quickly and decided I'd do some more in...
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I inherited a 1.6 acre property, which currently has a home and an automotive repair shop on the property. I inherited the property when my father passed away in 2016. The home, in my opinion, is worthless as the prop...
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Hello everyone. I'd like to get some thoughts on whether it would be best to sell our rental properties and sit on the cash and wait for other opportunities or keep them and take out the equity to have in hand for the...