Raj G.
I assumed mortgage rate is locked, but lender told NO
Hi, I was in the process of buying a home in jersey city, NJ , I talked to many lenders and then finalized the lender who offered me best rate, lender told me that it's 1 float down mean if rates go higher I won't be ...
Michael Garson
Civil Judgement on Credit Report! How much is it hurting my score?
I am shopping around for loans, and recently checked my 3 Fico scores.
I was alarmed to see that my 3 scores were 698, 709 and 752.
I take great pride in paying everything on time, and having a good ...
Jason A.
How to use home equity to invest
Hi BP community,I'm a pretty new investor (bought my first in 2013).I have a question about using home equity to purchase more investment homes. I've read the entire thread (https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/top...
Don Konipol
The Five Truisms About Real Estate That Are Actually NOT True
The Five Truisms About Real Estate That Are Actually NOT True
5. Real estate is a PEOPLE business, not a PROPERTY business. Well, maybe In residential, SOME of the time. BUT, guess what? It’s about the PROPERTY. You’...
Aleksander Dabrowski
Creating my first lease
Hello all,
I have been a Bigger Pockets fan and consumer for the past year. I just purchased a new home and I am turning my old house into a rental. I been using Zillow manager for everything and I created lease t...
Arron Achey
Tenant wants to move from upstairs to downstairs in duplex, cheaper to more expensive
Hello all, I did look through some previous posts on similar topics and lean towards NOT allowing this but our situation is a little different then I've seen. Our downstairs unit (duplex) pays for pretty much all of P...
Micki M.
Creating a brokerage for licensed investors
Hey all, I'm an independent broker in Denver, Colorado. I'm going to be upgrading to managing broker and bringing on some agents who want to work as real estate brokers with clients. But I know so many BPers who ...
Sandra Ho
Better to have no tenant or a tenant with history of multiple late payments
This is our second rental in Indianapolis that we closed on a couple of months ago, but it has been difficult finding tenants. The first rental we closed on in April rented quickly with no issues with a great tenant. ...
Scott Ficek
Do you let tenants do any work?
I am just full of topics. New question....
Do you let your tenants "alter" their apartment in any way such as paint, wallpaper, shelves? Also, would you let them paint to work off any back rent?
If you do either...
Miles Nunez
Real Estate license or Start an LLC? Please help
So I am in a dilemma should I as a new wholesale real estate investor start an LLC to hold my properties when flipping the contract or should I go ahead and get my Real Estate license?