Lewis A Martinez
Sell or hold negative cash flow
I never intended to become a landlord. Bought house new for 300K in 2006 at the height of the real estate boom. Refinanced in 2012 on a 20 year loan at 4% through HARP. House now worth 240K. I now owe about 160K o...
Matthew Ferguson
Mortgage financing while a full time graduate student
Hi BiggerPockets' Friends,My wife and I are moving from Florida to Minneapolis for my seminary graduate studies (4+ years). Our hope was to house-hack with a duplex, or perhaps triplex, to help offset my lack of full ...
Kaylyn Schroka
How did you get started in Long-Term Real Estate Investing or Wholesaling?
I am new to Real Estate, I have been watching YouTube Videos, reading BP forums and reading books on Real Estate. I am eager to start my Real Estate journey, but having trouble starting. I recently moved from Michigan...
Noah Lomax
Legalizing a non-conforming in Chicago ADU Zone
Hi Folks,
Just days before closing on a multi-unit in west Wicker Park we learned the city had revoked the permit for the garden unit of our building. After sorting out that headache, we went through with purchasing ...
Mark Plesha
Loans for small multi's 2-4 units
Ive been under the impression for awhile now that you can get a 30 year mortgage for a small multi unit, in this case a duplex, even if you aren't living in one of the units. I went to look at a property today and my ...
Account Closed
Newbie interested in getting my RE license
Hello! My name is Sarah, I'm 25 years old and I'm from Santa Barbra, CA.
I found this site after reading " The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Real Estate Investing" which is available for free on Amazon and I h...
Tyler Cruz
Anything I can do with my existing appreciated property?
Hi Everyone!Nearly 3 years ago I finished reading nearly every article and blog posts here before finally feeling confident enough to buy my first income property.About a year later I finally purchased my first income...
David Levy
I can do a 20% down, but why not 3.5% FHA? Please Help
Hi all,I've been a "renter" all my life and finally buying a townhouse in state of NJ to live in. After reading a lot about putting my money to work and I do have over 130k to work with, I am now thinking if I should ...
Grant Edwards
Need Help Figuring Out How To Finance My 1st Investment!
Here's my situation: I just graduated college in May, started my new career in June, and have been working there for around 7 months. I get paid on straight commission. I have saved up enough money to put a down payme...
Tony Sierra
Doing business under an LLC
I was speaking to a friend who owns a few single family rentals. He has an LLC for his business but he stated that he does not have his properties in the LLC, he financed them and holds them in his name. I hear all ab...