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22 January 2025 | 4 replies
If you’re interested in investing in real estate, you can consider doing so with a Self-Directed IRA to defer taxes on capital gains until you actually withdraw the funds from your IRA.
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21 January 2025 | 7 replies
In my case, I have residential rentals in one LLC, commercial properties in another, self storage in a third, and my real estate company operates in a fourth.
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17 January 2025 | 7 replies
Self managing is a solid way to learn the business, and it’s smart that you’re already setting up systems and tools.
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20 January 2025 | 5 replies
@Kyle McVay I self-managed my first 5 units and then transferred all new units to a PM.
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21 January 2025 | 4 replies
Avoid any self-help eviction tactics like changing locks.Maintenance: As a landlord, you’re responsible for ensuring the property meets basic health and safety standards, including working plumbing, heating, and electrical systems.Inspections: While there are no mandatory inspections required before renting, your property should comply with building codes.
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27 January 2025 | 5 replies
If you own real estate in a self-directed qualified account, the 1031 exchange is unnecessary.
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15 January 2025 | 1 reply
.: Self-proclaimed “Short Sale Queen” and associates indicted in federal mortgage fraud schemeTuesday, December 3, 2024For Immediate ReleaseU.S.
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27 January 2025 | 12 replies
Of course my nosey self had to go look up your rental property.
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2 February 2025 | 14 replies
It wouldn’t take much time with “steady” home prices for the graph to self correct. 4) I assume at least some of this is choice.
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23 January 2025 | 3 replies
The loan is with you, not with your tenant, so none of that means anything to them - in fact because you live in one unit and it's under 4, if you were self-managing you don't even have to abide by fair housing laws (at least on the federal level).