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23 July 2024 | 2 replies
Anyone else invested with their Fidelity IRA into an alternative investment recently that I can look into the fund to see if it might be right for myself?
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25 July 2024 | 18 replies
I requested copies of the income taxes for them both and it looks like this could be a pretty good deal but I'm not sure how much he spends on materials to keep them running as that was not included in his "financial report" (which was a piece of paper with number written for utilities).
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23 July 2024 | 7 replies
Alternatively, they can sign a new lease and save a lot of money.
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24 July 2024 | 18 replies
You can also do other alternative investments such as, private lending, private placements and many other things.
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26 July 2024 | 37 replies
But over a long enough investing period the numbers should more or less balance themselves out and become fairly reliable.As Bruce pointed out, the alternative is to buy and remodel a piece of crap house.
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24 July 2024 | 17 replies
I don't actually know anything about the towns south of Orlando and not on the coast, I'm just giving another alternative to the other ones suggested.
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22 July 2024 | 2 replies
Alternatively, you could suggest an owner financing transaction where they become the bank on the property and this way they get to collect a monthly payment all while getting a chunk of cash up front (your down payment).
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24 July 2024 | 46 replies
With the $1k class you get the information, use of their logo, access to marketing print material for an additional charge and you can purchase the crm separately as well.
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22 July 2024 | 10 replies
Alternatively, I can look into househacking in my neighborhood, but everything is kind of expensive here and I don't have any dilapidated homes to renovate.
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22 July 2024 | 0 replies
I love leveraging the local landlord assocations for cheaper materials.