Bernard Chouinard
Separation from the waves of newbies
First I want to say what a ridiculously great site/podcast/community. Its the only one of its kind where I feel like the people here and running the site are really interested in helping others along rather than tryin...
Chris Simmons
Buy and hold forever or sell after several years?
Hello. My name is Chris and I am an Investor.I am curious about long term strategies. I am a buy and hold investor that is curious about long term strategy regarding holding forever or close to it or selling after ...
Christian Silva
How to decide between a renovation, gut rehab, and rebuild?
Hello, I am a newbie at real estate investing... I bought a 2 flat in Chicago in an up and coming neighborhood (Logan/Avondale area) about 10 yrs ago. Newbie because I bought it as a primary home at first, but now wan...
Michael Bettencourt
Is 5.55% for a cash out refi way high??
Just today got quoted %5.55 for a %70 LVT for a cash out refinance on a 2 unit investment property in CA. Seems high being I just bought a duplex at %4.35. Thoughts?
Ian Forde
Wholesaling in NYC (Brooklyn)
Hi everyone! I started a company in Brooklyn, NY in order to do wholesale deals on residential properties. After speaking to various lawyers, I was told that sellers will expect me to put anywhere from 5-10% down on a...
Matt T.
Somerville, Massachusetts: Questions about Section 8
I am under agreement on a property in which we will inherit a section 8 tenant. She lives in the smaller of 2 units and is interested in moving to the larger one when her lease expires because her voucher has increase...
Chinmay J.
A year in review -2017.. Where do you go from here?
*Please keep in mind while reading this that I work 45-50 hrs a week in my corporate W2 job*2017, or rather tail end of 2016 was the first year that I got really serious about Real Estate Investing. Prior to that, I p...
Nathan McQueen
Any Dave Ramsey Followers out there...?
Hi there BiggerPockets world,This is my first post here on BP, I’m a newbie/ wanna be investor. I’m working on educating myself on the real estate investing world. I’m posting this to get some advice from the BP world...
Ryann Kluthe
Using self-directed IRA to purchase buy and hold properties
I would like to learn more about the use of an IRA for the purchase of buy and hold properties. Are these properties held in an LLC that your own or in your personal name? Can you use these funds for any property, whe...
David Espana
Using SDIRA for private lending
I have set up a self-directed IRA account for my real estate investments. I have been approached by an investor/developer to lend second or third position on his projects (which is allowed by my SDIRA custodian as lon...