Hi all.
Joined this forum with the hopes of getting some advice on my situation. Not quite a real estate investor (at least not yet); however am facing a bit of a "tougher" real-life family situation with two prope...
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I would be curious if buying land (6-7K sq ft) and putting a new development(4bed 3 bath 2300 sq ft at $130 a sq ft) on it for rental would be a sound idea in the DFW market. I’m looking to hold my property for at lea...
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Hi friend,
As you may or may not have heard, today's real estate expenses and write-offs may have a severe negative impact on your ability to qualify for Conventional financing tomorrow. And compared to other financi...
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I am trying to acquire my first rental property this year and I was hoping someone can help me out when it comes to expenses that I have to factor in with a rental property. After reading the boards and a couple books...
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So i just started house hunting with my mentor/agent/ and yesterday found a duplex five minutes from my house.At first i wanted to find a house i could pay all cash for (only up to 50k) so i could do the BRRRR thing. ...
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I’m moving down to the Palm Beach County area this Fall. I plan on getting my realtors license and flipping/ investing into properties. I was wondering if there was a way to tap the equity of my entire portfolio that ...
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Morning BP!I have a general question for those of you that have rentals in the Chicago area. How would you suggest going about selecting a good area? Do you aways look at school ratings or crime rate? Any websites you...
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I am getting quoted 8.25% interest on a duplex with conventional loan and 25% down. Does that sound good or not? No points, not sure if it's worth buying down since rates may fall?
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I'm a new real estate Investor currently doing a live-in flip. I'm looking to get a home equity line of credit to finish the rehab. To limit massive amounts of cold calls and waiting on hold with numerous banks, Does ...
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What are the factors to consider when deciding whether to ask the seller to pay for closing costs or just boosting the offering price to compensate.
Sample deal:
Offer 1- $515K, each party pays his own closing cos...