Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed - Under current law, a retired person with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA.

I'm a new member and new investor in southern California.Looking forward to learning from the community and eventually being able to make useful contributions to the discussions here.

You have been contributing to the site for a long time.

Until then, I'll stand by my statement.Just think what it means to be government property: it means that taxpayers such as you and I have contributed toward that sign - and I certainly would gripe if my tax dollars were mis-directed to something other than necessities.

why pin it to time, promoters and newbies may be very well aware of the date of the last posting. when you contribute, add value, and share, even if the original people who commented no longer find the posts useful, new members a year from now can still benefit. why not pin the "close discussion" to relevance (sorry moderators, one more thing for you to do!)?

apparently there are 2 ways to treat your IRA funds- one is to self direct the IRA and i was advised against it because of the higher number of restrictions and the other is the roll off the funds into a C Corp within the IRA. the caveat is that the directors have to contribute to a 401K, can also take compensation and pretty much engage in any legal business....no early distribution or penalties or tax implications if u do that....still stays within the IRA domain....here is the correspondence from our guidant advisorreal estate can be acquired with the same 401k structure we discussed before and allow you to purchase rental properties; buy, rehab and resell foreclosed homes; or even a real estate business like a hotel or a campground.

Does the seller have anything they can contribute at closing?

Let him know how much you're able to contribute, and see if it will be enough to do the things your asking.

So I am not sure how much hands on I can contribute to my project.

Sounds like you have a lot of experience and much to contribute to Bigger Pockets.