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Hey guys! I know there aren’t exactly “cheats” or just ways of going around your DTI but bare with me. I’m trying to get a pre approval but keep running into the same responses for the most part. Mostly due to my car ...
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I live in california but want to invest for cash flow, not appreciation. I've done some research on prices in some of the areas people talk about on here where monthly gross rent multipliers are as low 30-50. Is thi...
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Hi there, I am looking at a Duplex in San Francisco. The current owner pays about $500/mo on property tax. The property was sold in 1999 for less than half a million. The assessed value of the property doesn't seem to...
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I’ve been wanting to begin my real estate investment journey for a long time. Ive read some & purchased studied a couple of program but funding is the problem. What stategies are available to me if I dont have any...
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Hey BP folks,I've searched high and low to find an opinion on this buy-and-hold real estate investing strategy that my wife and I are employing and haven't come up with much. I would love to hear some feedback on thi...
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What a relief! Have you ever had your expectations exceeded? Well that just happened on my last project and I have an overwhelming sense of joy from it. I just completed a live in rehab which I intend to rent our l...
I painted my house Alabaster and it looks gorgeous. The Reviewer came out to approve and said we were denied. Not because we painted before the Reviewer came out....and not because it was Alabaster.Our denial letter s...
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I’m under contract to buy my first STR, and the house didn’t appraise. The seller has dropped the price to $1500 over appraisal, so at this point we can accept or walk. They’re selling the house fully furnis...
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Hello All, I had a question regarding rentals in southern california, primarily the inland empire. I am just starting out in real estate and read a few books and decided that I'd like to start out in Buy & Hold in...
I am going to try and keep this brief. Currently I am in negotiations to purchase a home. For reasons here nor there, I would like to back out of the deal.One of the things we discovered during the inspection was the ...