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Hopefully this doesn't sound too crass but I want to put my money somewhere useful and make it grow (as I'm sure most of you want to).After listening to dozens of podcasts and having experience with my SFH rentals por...
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Hey BiggerPockets community! This is my first post on these forums after stumbling across BiggerPockets a few weeks back. Since then I've tried to devour as much content as possible and figure out which investing path...
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I've just recently gotten my Texas real estate license and joined up with my local realtor board, as well as, EXP as my brokerage. I love their independent nature and the cloud based technology, but I've got to say: a...
Good morning everyone! As a new investor I'm looking for my first deal in a high priced market, Brooklyn NY. I initially wanted to invest in rentals, but an agent told me doing a flip would be the better move. What ar...
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Have you thought about this much? Do you have any specific indicators you watch in your local area, region, or at a national level to gauge current health of rent rates?How much can rents drop (%percentage) before it ...
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I read online that you can use a seller 2nd for the down payment, but some lender told me you can't do that with a conventional loan. Is that true or does he just not know what he's doing? I have excellent credit a...
The tide is going out, and we're about to find out who's been swimming naked. There have been some very significant things going down in financial markets of late. I'm not calling a crash and I'm not claiming I know t...
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Hi everyone,I've found several investors interested in apartment communities, about 720k worth. I've been talking with syndicators who offer GP membership in exchange for bringing some of the investment capital. One p...
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Hello,
My friend is looking to buy property and I told him I'd ask for him. How difficult is it to re-finance at the end of a hard money loan(interest only, 6 months)? He might be paying 34 to 50% cash, the rest a lo...