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Greetings everyone,
My name is Melissa Howell and I wanted to properly introduce myself to the BP family. I'm a tv/radio news reporter in Washington, D.C. but am originally from Orlando, FL and am now looking to tran...
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Hi all,
I'm currently working on the planning phase of creating a rental stress test algorithm that will essentially output the inflection points where the deal turns from good to bad. The idea is to eventually have...
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Hey BP! I hope everyone is doing well. I am to the point where I “think” I know enough to actually start investing. I have been reading books and scrolling through the forums daily. I just got to episode 100 on the BP...
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Hey BP I have been searching for a bank that can refinance on my commercial property and not finding any luck doing so, why??
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Hi everybody,
I'm really excited to join BiggerPockets which I found out about through investfourmore.com
I've a full time job at a consulting firm in downtown Houston, however I'm trying to get into RE...
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Hi everyone; If you had the luxury of choosing any area of the country to do lease option deals, what would you look for in your target area? I'm having a tough time conceptualizing what a "better than average" lease ...
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BP is a great resource that I am relying on more and more for direction on many questions.I have noticed recently that when searching for a topic like lending (not purchasing) with an IRA, I get hundreds of results wi...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $307,000
Cash invested: $10,000
We moved here in July of 2018 and I quickly realized we only had a small window unt...
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FHFA (Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's conservator) announced March 10 that they are limiting new loans secured by second homes or investment properties to 7% of the overall loans they purchase (roughly HALF their histo...
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My mother in-law needs a mortgage to purchase a home that belonged to a family member that passed away. Our options would be for my wife and I to get a 2nd mortgage (our primary residence is in Indiana) or to co-sign ...