Tony Carter
First Time House Hack and Garage Conversion
Hi everyone,Last May I bought my first home with a conventional loan and 20% down - a 1900ft 3-2 on a .5 acre lot with a 500ft garage in a nice neighborhood with no HOA. I have spoken to the city to confirm that a ga...
Ethan Fowler
Fiancé and I are trying to buy our first house
Hello,I am in the process of house hunting with my fiancé. Originally, I really wanted to purchase a multi family so we could live in one unit and rent the others out. I have come to realize that she really would pref...
Jordyn Lai
Are opportunities in the west gone?
Hello!We are looking for purchase our first investment property. The plan was single family home in Las Vegas or surrounding the Phoenix area and our goal is to cash flow. Maybe this is just the analysis paralysis spe...
Chris Chappell
Self-Directed IRA and BRRRR
Is it possible for a person to use their own Self-Directed IRA to buy and rehab a house, then get it refinanced to pull the IRA money back out as a method of buying a rental property? If so what would be the difficu...
Liliana Gala
Funding first flip
I’m curious to know how you funded your flip deals, especially the first flip (or first few) as you’re getting started??I found a single family home that I’m interested in as a flip. I have equity in my primary reside...
Monica Zakaria
How do I start out in investing in real estate? Are my ideas good?
I know investing in real estate takes determination and time. I am 20 years old in college and majoring in Law. I work and go to school but I am determined to invest in real estate on the side. So to start off I wa...
David Jenkins
Should I Refi or stay put?
I purchased a 3rd rental property in Los Angeles last year -- A SFR in a booming area I got off market for really cheap. It kind of came out of nowhere, so to obtain the property I got a conventional loan for 80% -- t...
Darshil Parikh
Hard Money Loan 1st Time
Hey BP friends - I am interested in purchasing a property that needs some work and want to add more sq ft. I am taking to a hard money lender, who will fund the purchase and renovation cost at 10% down payment. Points...
Ryan Fitzgerald
Raleigh, NC or Austin, TX for Buy and Hold
Hi Guys,
I'm new to BP just wanted to ask what people think about the Raleigh, NC area vs. the Austin, TX area in terms of Real Estate Investing, with a Buy and Hold... Which area do you think is better today...
Matt Liu
Recourse loan when poor to begin with
I am thinking about a big commercial purchase, however the loan will almost certainly be RECOURSE. My question is does it even really matter if I don't have very much in assets anyway? What I do have is in multimem...