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John Brinson Should I invest in Washington DC or Bremerton WA?
23 October 2025 | 15 replies
Their program is low downpayment, low closing, no PMI, no upper income limit. 
Junior Maravel Out of state investors self managing
21 October 2025 | 11 replies
Same for 2-years of job/income stability.Tenant Default: 10-20% probability of eviction or early lease termination.Section 8: Class C rents usually meet program requirements, proper screening still recommended.Vacancies: 10-20%, depending on market conditions and tenant screening.Cashflow vs Appreciation: Should cashflow immediately, at the lower end of relative rent & value appreciation.Class D Properties:Tenant Pool: Majority of FICO scores under 560, little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, but should have no convictions/evictions in last 12 months.
Lolo Druff Buying Section 8 Property | Need Help
21 October 2025 | 2 replies
Some case workers/program workers are more helpful than others and will give you/send you all that you'll need. 
Brent Steinhart Understanding the price of rent based on the purchase of a house.
22 October 2025 | 6 replies
See the chart from Fair Isaac Company (FICO) below: FICO Score Pct of Population Default Probability 800 or more 13.00% 1.00% 750-799 27.00% 1.00% 700-749 18.00% 4.40% 650-699 15.00% 8.90% 600-649 12.00% 15.80% 550-599 8.00% 22.50% 500-549 5.00% 28.40% Less than 499 2.00% 41.00% Source: Fair Isaac CompanyAccording to this chart, investors should use corresponding vacancy + tenant-nonperformance factors of approximately 5% for Class A rentals, 10% for Class B and 20% for Class C.To address Class C payment challenges, many industry "experts" are now selling programs to newbie investors about how Section 8 tenants are the cure.
J P Sahi What service do you use when analyzing a deal? Eg: AIRDNA, Mashvisor Etc
20 October 2025 | 6 replies
It will take you a few hours, but that's better than the few years it might take you to recoup your losses based on some software program.  
Matt John Help with lending for New Construction Duplex
22 October 2025 | 19 replies
You can do refinance with construction financing but most of the programs require some kind of experience as well as GC with liability coverage
Mark Warlick Refinancing Detroit Triplex
21 October 2025 | 13 replies
This criteria is for 1-4 and 5-8 unit programs.
Remington Lyman The Downfall of BiggerPockets Forums?
23 October 2025 | 276 replies
Agentic ai is where the ai no longer runs on programing given, it does everything itself to achieve a goal given. 
Hemal Adani Anyone has invested with Open door capital? How was your experience?
28 October 2025 | 144 replies
asking for additional capital on new "deals/funds" and Brandon's furu REI "program" suckering more people into this, all while people are losing millions on their past "deals"... i skimmed thru that tribal b.s., and he claims to not get anything out of it. i, guess, other than more sheep to follow him. 
Gernide J Antoine Looking for Investment Opportunity
20 October 2025 | 6 replies
I run a property management company out of Michigan but on our investment side we buy properties all over and out of state so I'm always in the know (I think lol) when it comes to common markets, here's my advice: Option A: Cash-Out RefinanceWhy it works: You tap into your home's equity to access capital—often up to 80% LTV via programs like DSCR loans.