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Nick Lawler Investing in a buy and hold while serving Active Duty
2 April 2020 | 11 replies
The best advise i can give you is to remember that the money in a deal is made when you purchase the property, especially when it comes to military investors as your situation will change (PCS/Deployment etc...) which will cause your cost to rise, make sure you factor in these cost when you are looking at the property and base the deal on those expenses to make sure it works both now and in the future. 
Alejandro Obando Pay $930/M as first time investor? Help me analyze this property
1 April 2020 | 5 replies
Since I do not have the 20% DP, I do understand that PMI plays a big factor when looking at "Cashflow" or breaking even. 
Kassie Polovick Most Important Factors in Property Management
30 March 2020 | 0 replies

NEWBIE here! The most intriguing part about Real Estate Investing is the property management aspect and maintaining a great tenant/owner experience. My background is in HR and recruiting and the idea of sourcing and ...

Steven Lowe Rent Strike 2020 -left wing nut jobs or something to worry about?
30 March 2020 | 3 replies
A tiny, tiny fraction of you are worried about being foreclosed on or running out of liquidity.About 3M people filed for unemployment last week.
Shea Rosadino Columbus, GA Airbnb question
30 March 2020 | 3 replies
I know this varies based on several factors, but just looking for an idea.
Kevin Botjer Real Estate License: Worth it w/ full time job?
4 April 2020 | 9 replies
You can get training, support, and mentorship without having to go in to an office these days so that's not a factor.
Jake Springs How much time should I wait between family loan and applying?
31 March 2020 | 4 replies
Jake,It sounds like the limiting factor on your file will be a combination of debt to income (dti) ratio and loan to value (ltv).There are many lenders out there but the majority of them have underwriting overlays that create more hurdles for borrowers to jump through.You and every other investor needs to work with a lender that only underwrites to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae's base underwriting guidelines.All of that being said, for a conventional mortgage, Fannie and Freddie are currently limiting the maximum LTV to 80% for a cash out refinance on a single family home. 
Sri L. Hotel to Multifamily Conversion?
6 January 2021 | 14 replies
Since we include all utilities, it is a drawing factor for our units. 
Armand Ngassam On the look for a good lender for FHA
1 April 2020 | 3 replies
Armand, PMI with a higher rate vs no PMI with a lower rate depends on how fast the property appreciates as well as how long you plan to keep the mortgage and many other factors
Connor Wentling Cap rate vs. cash-on-cash
6 April 2020 | 5 replies
The relationship between the two is essentially that CoC takes into account the annual financing costs (annual investment), while cap rates don't.I'd definitely recommend familiarizing yourself with the BP calculators which will show you how to use and understand both these factors in your initial analysis.