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I am Canadian born but have invested in U.S. properties for over 30 years now. Wondering how Canadians feel about buying U.S. real estate with the Loony so weak? Is it better to invest in Canadian real estate only wi...
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Let's say I purchase. house hack with an FHA loan, would the closing cost still be roughly 4% of the whole property? Would I be responsible for covering the whole closing cost? How do closing costs work? Any advice w...
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I have seen a few threads on narrow topics related to the use of HELOC for funding investments in an LLC but I wanted to ask zoom out a little seek some general feedback on what is likely a common situation. As an in...
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I have seached and searched and cannot find the answer to my questions. I have been trying to locate preforeclosures here in Austin via the courthouse. Everytime I get anyone on the phone or via the internet at the co...
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We need to move my mother out of her rental because the place is falling apart (really bad landlord). She's been there for over a decade and she pays so little rent that it's hard to find a place that we wont have to ...
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Recently bought a rental that I am living in and will start to renting it out early next year. I’ve done my calculations and have seen that I will be breaking even with this investment day one. On a rental that’s not ...
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Hello Coleagues, I have a questiona bout the home owner finanting. A bit of background. I am a young working professional. Spending approximately 45% of my income and saying the rest for real estate investments. Becau...
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Hi everyone, I am a house flipper hoping to segue into rental properties in the near future in hopes of earning cash flow. I have short term goals of house hacking a fourplex, and long term goals of owning larger apa...
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Good morning Bigger Pockets!
My family and I are moving to GA in January (I’m active duty USAF) and we are looking for a home. I stumbled across a property listed FSBO on a well-known military "yard sale" type site...
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Has anybody used a IBC, CFB, or BOY policy to purchase real estate and use the returns to pay back the policy at higher interest rates than the policy charges? If so, what are the pros and cons? What are your thoughts...