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Bryant Diel Novice in Kansas City
21 July 2018 | 17 replies
I just know when we visited the friends farm and he outlined about $80,000 in income he was getting for land that no one was using and as a real estate investor, that just seemed amazing to me.Getting paid for doing nothing from the government, getting people to buy his grass and he backs up to a landlocked nature preserve, so he gets paid by the government again to drive across his land so they can get to the nature preserve that they are studying for something. 
YiBing T. How to partner with your SD IRA to construct a deal?
21 July 2018 | 5 replies
@YiBing T.What you are proposing is possible based on the interpretation of many tax attorneys, as outlined by @ George, but there is still some layer of risk if there is any perceived benefit between any of those plans.
Steven Bishop Any experiences with Auction.com purchases?
1 August 2018 | 16 replies
I don’t think it would be good to source potentially properties exclusively from something like this, for the reason you outlined.
Joshua B. Should I pay principal towards (Mortgage, Auto, or Solar Loan)
23 July 2018 | 14 replies
If you are ever going to borrow money later it will likely be at worse terms than the three loans you outlined above.I would invest any money you were planning on using to pay these debts downs on opportunities that pay greater than 5.49% returns.
Lekisha S Boswell Journey of a Novice Investor
20 July 2018 | 6 replies
Your outline above is correct. 
Michael Faudoa I just bought a home, now what?
11 June 2018 | 11 replies
In addition, I would make sure you have created a rental criteria that outlines income and credit requirements as well as how you will treat those with a criminal background or eviction history.
Aaron Andrew New to BP and hoping for advice on my plan with a plot
9 June 2018 | 14 replies
Do you think building a nice website to outline all benefits of the lot size/location, nearby amenities, pretty pictures and video and a clean way to submit bids and stay in touch with me...would all that be overkill? 
Adam Scheetz Starting With The End in Mind.
8 June 2018 | 12 replies
Much Appreciated,Adam  Adam,You've done well to outline a very good plan here...and I don't just say that because its the exact one I started with:)  You are wiser than most in that you've developed a solid plan rather than just jumping in.
Mido Ali real estate investing team selecting
7 June 2018 | 1 reply
It’ll outline how to Make a team
Mark G. Transfer Home Tax Basis from Parent to Child - California Prop 58
11 June 2018 | 3 replies
Child would like to buy the house, potentially for below market value, retain the original real estate tax basis and then parents would like to use the proceeds from sale to complete a 1031 in order to defer capital gains.I can see a few potential issues:Does the fact that parents converted it to a rental from primary residence cause a problemIs a purchase below FMV possible or are there 1031 ramificationsIf below FMV a bad idea, could some sort of non-interest bearing note be structured between the parties to make up gap between proceeds and FMVCan 1031 exchange property they identify be contributed into an LLC after closing for asset protectionAny advice on the structure outlined above, or other ways to transfer real estate from parent to child (while parents still living) would be greatly appreciated.