Is the Rent you are currently paying for a House and or an Apartment, factored into the DTI calculation as a monthly " Expense " ? 

I am fairly new to Bigger Pockets forums but have been listening to pod casts for some time now.  Thanks to the confidence builders I continue to hear, we are closing on two single family properties at the end of July...

Hi Everyone,I'm new here and will be reading the entire forum shortly. In the meantime here's a little something:Where would you get financing if you have a brand new company that is 6 month old, but is making 100k NE...

Another year another opportunity for where one might receive applications from Independent Contractor (gig) workers.Does ANYONE have a process that they use to manage the risk associated with taking on Gig / Lyft / Ub...

I currently own a duplex in NJ, I live in one apartment and rent the second one. I have about 30% equity in my current property. I tried to purchase a second property in NJ but my debt to income ratio is too high. Esp...

Hi Everyone!  I'm relatively new to the BP community but have been listening to the podcasts for a while.  I've been interested in investing in residential single family and small multi-unit buy and hold properties fo...

Good Morning, I have been listening to several podcasts and reading about real estate investing heavily the last few weeks trying to find the answer to a simple question. I bought my 2nd multifamily last week and my l...

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Hi everybody. I'm new to the forum as well as to real estate investing. I've been self-employed on and off for about 10 years and was look for some new ways to generate income. I've been interested in real estate for ...

We've just added a page to the site with information and resources on 1031 Exchanges. This should help people understand how a 1031 exchange works, and will provide them with the tools they need to execute these tax ...