All Forum Posts by: Kayla Givens

@Will Fraser I fully get how it could seem like a joke lol but part of the motivation is our frustration with Denver and partly to get a fresh start and go somewhere we have always wanted to live.

Definitely open to house hacking and open to investing in a market that I do not live in, but, I am a first-time home buyer and my thought is to get into my own home first. What are your thoughts? What markets would you look at?

I’ve been trying for months to get my first home and have decided to head to Texas. We’re looking at Austin and I know the market is quite competitive as well but the homes there seem to be at least liveable vs run down shoeboxes in Denver. 

Planning on getting my Texas real estate license—anyone have some good pointers?? 

@Lindsay Massengale hi!! Welcome to BP! I am a newbie here too and am so excited to learn as much as I can about real estate investing.

What do you do at Lumen Homes? I looked it up and WOW! All your designs are amazing!! I'd love to hear about how you got into it and what you do there!

Me too!! 

@Jeff White that's great information - thank you! Ideally we will get into a SFH now that I've thought about it more. This market is just so crazy competitive I'm worried that everything will go UP in value and I won't have any other options than a townhome or condo in my price range.

@Ben Rhodin that's a great idea! I just put an offer in on an SFH this weekend and we are waiting to hear if it was accepted or not, but if it's not, I was planning on potentially changing course to have more leverage in this market. Have you had success with a lot of your clients using that strategy?

@Greg Weik thank you so much for the info! Appreciate you!

Hey, Weston! I recently watched the BiggerPockets episode "Should You Get an LLC For Your Real Estate Business" and found it very helpful! Hope that helps!

@Greg Weik thank you so much for the response! I just signed up to get my license as I know it will be useful in the future but will use my realtor for this first property.

I love your advice and am curious if you know anything about Airbnb in that area? That's another option I'm considering for a house hack--we just put an offer in on a SFH in Mar Lee so fingers crossed but if it's not this one there will be another!

Hey, Bigger Pockets People!

I'm writing my first post hoping for some ideas or insight into what you would do if you were in my situation. Currently, I am pre-approved for a conventional 3% down loan for up to $365k. As anyone in Denver knows, real estate is COMPETITIVE right now and we have submitted several offers for our first home but have been outbid. 

As a new investor, I do not know what is possible in my current situation. My thought right now is to get into one of the growing neighborhoods (west of 25, south of 6) and just get a property knowing that it will appreciate over time. 

If you were in my situation, what would you do? Would you buy a SFH? Townhome? Condo? Commercial? Help me understand what is possible and how I can start growing my portfolio.