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I did something new this year. I had a prospective tenant offer to lease a rental house I own if I would buy out their current lease. The cost of the buy out was very close to one month's rent on my rental, so it wa...
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Hi All!First off, thank you everyone for the sound advice over the years, and all your help!So, I had a lender in St. Louis, MO, who would do commercial loans for residential housing (25% down, 4.5%, 20 year fixed), b...
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SD BP members,My colleague and I are looking to flip a house in Rapid City over the summer, are there any members in SD who know of a hard money lender who would be willing to lend in the Rapid City area? Thanks.Since...
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I am new to investing and after flipping a home I was able to use that money to purchase a duplex that I am adding value to and living in for free because the tenants pay my mortgage. There is a family friend who is h...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community,
I have recently acquired a large residential home split into a top and bottom floor units. I would like to move into the top floor and have the bottom floor rented out. I was wonde...
Hello all,I am a complete newbie to real estate investing, as in it just piqued my interest a few weeks ago. After much research I would like to start acquiring a few small multi family rentals. I am in a high cost ...
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Hey everybody. I’m a new investor and I’m about to offer 20% under market value on duplex that’s on market for over 100 days. I assume owners have money problem, so I thought I’d add paying their closing costs + 5k ca...
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Hi BP,Looking to make contact with some local Boise, ID agents that have previous experience with 1031 exchanges. My in-laws are visiting Boise at the end of the month from Eugene where they have ~12 units. They would...
I hear a lot about finding a “good” deal. Is there a general consensus about what defines a good deal?
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Was wondering if everyone gives to an existing charity or sets up your own foundation or non-profit??
What would be the pluses and minuses of each?? I do not even know the differences in these types of things.
I wou...