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Amery Castaneda FHA or 20% as down payment? STRs & LTRs?
4 July 2022 | 15 replies

Hello everyone!
I have 0 properties yet and I'm at my starting point. Any advice is great advice and I appreciate it. I'm debating whether I want to do long term rental of multifamily or short term rentals for airbnb...

Drew Vukov Anyone ever use a TSP loan to purchase a rental?
28 August 2019 | 34 replies

TSP is the Feds 401K. I have been considering taking a loan out to purchase a rental property free and clear. The problem is loan repayment term is 5 years, which pretty much kills any cash flow. The interest rate is ...

Michelle Grippo Need advice do I sell or rent
20 March 2018 | 16 replies

Hi everyone, My husband and I purchased a very distressed home last year to fix and flip.  We are now 10 months in and ready to sell we purchased for 188k put in 110k and it can be sold for 429k.  It can be rented for...

Chris Pasternak Raising rent on tenants after purchase of property -- good or bad idea?
22 May 2018 | 33 replies

Title says it all. The additional details are that the top tenant has been there for 4 years and the bottom tenant has only lived there since August. I was wanting to raise the rent $50-$75 for the top unit (3 be...

Richelle T. Cash out options
5 September 2014 | 27 replies

Hi everyone

So I close on a property this Friday (yay!) and was thinking today about ways to refinance it. I will be paying cash. I have talked to a few banks and I have a few options:

1. Identify next property and ...

Timothy Johnson Make your money going in?
5 November 2009 | 21 replies

I am curious as to wether you guys agree with the idea that an RE investor should only take on investments in which he/she will make their money going in. IE buying RE considerably under market value. Of course this i...

Jayson Greenblatt Buying turnkey properties only
15 September 2020 | 25 replies

I want to hear from investors who only purchase turnkey/out of state properties. Id love to hear your success/failure stories. I love the idea and concept of out of state, turnkey, but I feel that the low cash flow do...

Veronica Ivy When to form a Solo 401k: before, or after leaving a W2 job?
9 April 2021 | 43 replies

Hi y'all. I'm about to leave my W2 position and basically be a full time professional real estate investor. I am super sold on the benefits of rolling over my 401k into a Solo 401k and then buying rentals with it.
My...

Tyler Lingle Does house hacking still work?
22 August 2023 | 20 replies

Right now, I'm pending a duplex for a client: 3241 N College Ave. I cannot reveal the contracted price as that's not allowed but asking price was $410,000. Mortgage is around $2500 when you factor in taxes / insurance...

Arn Cenedella Transitioning from Active Investments to Passive Investments
28 May 2022 | 30 replies

I have invested in rental properties since 1986. These have mostly been single family houses. And they have done very well for me. These are not grand slam investments but solid line drive base hits over time. They ha...