Instead of being focused on the public exchanges as the investing platform, however, they have the paperwork and staff training to document non-traditional asset holdings such as real estate, private placements, mortgages, etc.   

I just think the market is so different here we have no choice to get in the market but with single properties either a family home outside the CBD or an apartment closer.

Remember people live paycheck to paycheck by choice.

As a last resort, if your mortgage broker managed to qualify someone for a mortgage right now, you could cancel the lease with the seller and just assign the option so they can close traditionally.

Fellow landlords, I am curious if you are doing anything about lighting fixtures inside your rental properties that use incandescent bulbs wired to traditional dimmers.

Hello Bigger Pockets members, I’m Jose from the Milwaukee area in Wisconsin. I’m 17, and hungry to get started in real estate. I recently began to listen to the bigger pockets podcasts after gaining interest in wantin...

The Solo 401k will likely be the better structure for you if you're eligible, which requires self-employment.A few Solo 401k benefits:Compared to an IRA, Solo 401k contributions limits are roughly ten times higher.There is no custodial requirement for the 401k.You can take participant loans from the plan.You don't need the additional expense and administration of an LLC to have checkbook control.There is a built in-Roth component whereas IRAs are either traditional or Roth, not both.A spouse can also participate in the same Solo 401k plan.The Solo 401k has additional tax benefits over an IRA when investing into real estate using leverage.

And if they don't want to bend, if they don't realize that my solicitude and kindness to them in the past was a choice, not the only way I know how to live and deal with people, not a weakness to exploit, then they get a less pleasant and accommodating landlord in their lives.

The bank is not giving me a choice in the appraisal company and I have used the one they use in the past and I always get real low appraisals.

(even though I'm not planning to work in the capacity of a traditional broker?)