Charles Scott
New to bigger pockets
Hello my name is Charles. I am from Cleveland Ohio. I am new to real estate investing. I have been studying BP material for a few months now. My goals are to purchase my first rental property in the next 12 months and...
Jason S.
How to calculate permit fees / extra property tax on new addition?
I own a small 3bed/1bath 960sqft house in San Jose CA and I am looking to remodel and add a master bed and bathroom and move kitchen to added floorspace.I heard that there is extra school fee if extension is 500 or ab...
Jordan Lagrassa
loan amortization
I recently built a house and with the loan it was for 300K for 30 years . I have heard of you make one extra payment per year to principal it would cut down your loan to about 18 years. My question is does anyone know...
Vaughan Moody
Calculator available to show mortgage term reduction ?
Can anyone point me towards an online calculator that will show how much sooner we would pay off our mortgage if we divided our monthly repayment amount by two and paid that amount (half of a monthly amount) every two...
Kayla C.
Amortization Schedule and Calculations
Hello All!I'm in the process of buying my first piece of real estate, and I'm aware that an amortization schedule/ calculator helps me find out how many years I can shorten my mortgage by making extra payments on the ...
Joel Trowbridge
Spreadsheet to Calculate ROI on Principal Pre-Payment (monthly)
Hello everyone. This is my first post on here! Forgive me if I sound misinformed throughout because I likely am. I know there are plenty of free spreadsheet templates out there for mortgage calculators. I have several...
Alex Corral
Using the HELOC strategy to buy rentals
I am in the process of obtaining a HELOC on my primary, with plans to buy some rentals. I've been doing a lot of research on how to pay down the HELOC faster using it as a checking, and have some questions as things a...
Salvatore Lentini
Refi from 30 to 15 but already 8 years in
Any suggestions on how to calculate whether I should refi my primary? All my calculations on my investment properties, in terms of financing are pretty straight forward. I either buy, rehab and refi into the longest...
Kelvin Tian
Can anyone recommend a good software for loan servicing?
Can anyone recommend a software to do loan servicing to track monthly principle and interest payment, preferably send a monthly and annual mortgage statement? Many Thanks!!
Kelli Aberle
best way to payoff mortgage
What is the best way to payoff a mortgage. I am reading that you can either add extra each month or make one additional payment each year. I think I read that making one extra payment in a year is somehow better than ...