Kohei Hayashi
How have you set your financial "thermostat"?
You come across the saying "you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" in books, podcasts, and online. Anytime you're talking about real estate, business, and personal development. It's becom...
Joseph Schommer
Best way to $2500 coc in 5 years?
Hi BP Forum,So I'm looking for the best way (for me) to get to $2500/month COC in five years and need a little help weighing my options...and maybe coming up with new options :-) A little bit about my situation:I hav...
Jonathan Farber
What is the refi seasoning period if you buy cash and refi :)
How long do you have to hold a property after you purchase with cash before doing bank refi? Reason I ask is because I would like to buy a competitive deal with cash and convert it to a bank refi loan as soon as po...
Account Closed
Rental Property Cash Flow Explained
Key Takeaways
Even a simple understanding of the cash flow basics can improve an investor’s ability to realize profits.There is perhaps one benefit buy and hold investors covet more so than any other: rental property...
Benjamin Papet
The Refinance in BRRRR
Hello BP, I'm new to real estate investing and was hoping to get some clarification on the BRRRR method, specifically the Refinance part. I'm assuming we are talking about a cash out refinance correct? What is the mos...
Jason Bridges
Flip or Rent??
Hello, my wife and I are first time investors. We recently purchased a single family detached home with a tax value of 120K. We bought the property as a short sale for $60K. We are currently undecided on whether we sh...
Mark Douglas
When to use hard money for down payment source?
If private lending (immediate network of family/close friends) isn't an option, would the next step be a hard money lender? I only need it for the 20% down payment, not to finance the full asset, an 8 unit apt. Is i...
Ken Latchers
Hello Arbitrage/Master Lease lovers and newbies
How are your units doing now? You didn't want to hear that it might be a bad idea. It seemed such a wonderful way to get in for cheap. What was wrong with all those idiots saying that you should probably buy and not t...
Sean Cavanaugh
Bank of America didn't approve us for refi!!!!
Evening professionalsNeed some answers! I purchaced a primary residence on 2004 at the high of bubble for 385,000 in RI. We put down 80,000 down payment and financed 305,000. 2 yrs later we got a 2nd mortgage out arou...
James Tiu
Purchasing second property
Hello everyone! I have been following bigger pockets and reading a lot of posts for at least 3-4years. This is my first post. A little background about me. I bought a duplex at City heights in San Diego November 2016 ...