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Hi there, I am planning on buying my first home. I live in SoCal and although the interest rates are very low the market here is very competitive. Everything is selling quickly and for a higher price than listed. I wo...
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Yesterday.
here are the details:
2 months ago the asking was 89.9k. I offered 75. they came back at 89. I laughed. they came down to 83. I came up to 76.5. They came down to 78. we were $1,500 apa...
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All,
I am in San Diego and currently in a refi with the home I live in that will include paying off one of my rental properties. It would probably appraise at $240k to $250k and I am currently renting it out at $150...
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How have your found your properties? When I originally starting investing I remember hearing a guru say that had 31 ways to find deals. I didn't want 31. I wanted just one that I could do over and over again. I tu...
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Hey all,
I'm young, 28,single, and will have $200K to work with. I am currently debating 2 life plans.
Plan A: Earn my MBA ($70-80K over 2 years, living expenses included), increase my earnings(+$20K/yr), and pur...
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Hi.So a little bit about my situation. I'm a 26 year old female that have full-time job and have been very interested in real estate. Right now I have the option to put in offer for either a Condo in Capitol Hill Seat...
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Hey BP folks,I've searched high and low to find an opinion on this buy-and-hold real estate investing strategy that my wife and I are employing and haven't come up with much. I would love to hear some feedback on thi...
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I recently subscribed to Angie's List in my area as a way to help find reliable contractors, subs, lawyers, ect..... I was just thinking how nice it would be to have that same sort of info available on BiggerPockets....
Here’s my dilemma. I have ~$150k in an employer 401(k). My job ends at the end of February. After that my and my husband’s plan is to invest in multifamily rental properties, reinvesting all of the profits as we go in...
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With the interest rates going up, we're basically starting to move into another bust cycle. And so we're coming out of a boom period where a lot of money has been printed, lent into the economy. Plus we had the lockdo...