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I'm based in Nova Scotia, Canada, and I'm 26 with about $75K in savings and I'm wondering how to make this money go the furthest. I'm house hacking for my first property, which I expect to be around $250-350K, and the...
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I hear a lot of landlords on here talk about tenants needing to make 3x the rent to qualify. Is this rule still a reasonable expectation in lower income areas?
About the unit I'm renting: I think I can get 10...
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When it comes to funding projects I use Private Funding. It took a lot of networking and proving that I know what I am talking about. I went to a lot of education programs and REIA meetings. I now fund all my buy n...
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Good afternoon all,A newby investor here and I am researching investing through a Real Estate Syndication. Thought this would be a good start to dip my toes into the investor world. Any recommendations on existing Syn...
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Hi all,I posted something similar in the general financing section but some fellow members suggested I posted in the Canadian section for more specific answers as I am Canadian.I am very new to real estate but am very...
I am a new homebuyer looking to purchase in AZ. I had a discussion about this with my lender but they didn't seem 100% confident in the answer they gave me. My question was regarding using a family members cash to giv...
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Hello everyone. My name is Eldon Bailey. I'm actually a returning member. I would like to tell you about myself.
I am retired from the U.S. Air Force (active duty) but currently work the DoD, as a civilian. My w...
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Good morning,I am a rookie REI located in Essex County in Massachusetts. I am currently researching and creating a long term plan for my real estate investment. I was wondering what people thoughts were about my spous...
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Hey Guys!I got pre-approval in December but could not close the deal and now I applied for another pre-approval last week for new construction that I found but it will probably close by august or September. That means...
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I just closed on my 1st investment property! It was listed as a 3/1 foreclosure; however when I walked the property with my agent it looks like a 2/1 with a single car garage attached by a breezeway that had previousl...