I know of only one in Massachusetts, and he's not market rates.

But then MidAltantic is not a financial institution (they are just an administrator) and they use a custodian for your IRA.. so you may be out of luck unless you call the actual custodian and inform them about the issue.

He has a joint account outside of this portfolio with the same institution that is labeled/coded as the same "Prime Money Market Fund" that is just a regular MM that can be withdrawn at any time.

Some of us have more exposure to first liens opposed to second liens or more institutional opposed to private or even specific collateral variations.

Kevin and I chatted, he was very helpful, and I brought the concept to my local partners.We decided to follow that model of free networking events, and started creating the Black Diamond Real Estate Investors starting with our first meeting in Waltham, Ma.

Your name does not need to be on both accounts to transfer between financial institutions.

Institutional returns are very thin right now.

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And have a tenant or two who just wrecks the place.Thank both of your for your replies, I am always looking for good information.Jon - I am definitely going to look into more financial institutions in the area to find a longer term before the balloon.

In other words, if something goes wrong and you cannot make the payments, the lending institution would go to the VA to cover their losses.