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Hello, my partner and I are looking to purchase a home. He is a first-time buyer and is eligible for an FHA loan, I am not as I currently own multiple investment properties. That said, we want to own this home 50/50, ...
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Quick recap of my current/first deal: I am buying a duplex with my contractor/family friend. He brought the deal to me on this occasion, before this he was just inspecting and giving quotes on properties I was analyzi...
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Hi, I just want to better understand how this works....when figuring the cash on cash return, the figures on the mortgare/ points / and closing costs, are these figures coming out from the seller side of their finacia...
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Hello BP,
We bought and rented our first investment property last year. It is in our personal name (no LLC) and we did our taxes for the first time. We were keeping track of our business expenses, particularly our ...
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I am a long time reader of biggerpockets but a new contributing member. This past August I bought my first property - an owner occupied duplex with an FHA loan. What I am struggling to understand is how the cost...
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Three of us are planning to buy a single family home or duplex for a buy and hold plan this summer (or before). We know we most likely need to take title in our own names for mortgage purposes, but then want to transf...
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Hello, I’m new to the bigger pockets forum and would like tips, book recommendations, videos, website and places that i can take in as much information as i plan to start investing after i turn 18 later this year. I a...
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I'm really keen to buy "The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs" but I'm just wondering if it would be helpful to someone based in New Zealand? Does anyone know if the principles are sort of universal or if they are more s...
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My wife and I are both on title for our principle residence, but she is the only one on the loan, and personally so. At the moment, for my own investment property financing purposes (not hers), I'm certain that our p...
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There’s a quote that applies to almost everything but especially real estate investing and it’s this:
When you first start to study a field, it seems like you have to memorize a million things. You don’t. What you n...