They added me to the mortgage so I could gain some credit and now I'm married and my wife and I have been paying the mortgage this whole time.

They clearly state in this article, “ROBS plans, while not considered an abusive tax avoidance transaction, are questionable because they may solely benefit one individual – the individual who rolls over his or her existing retirement funds to the ROBS plan in a tax-free transaction.”Another option to gain personal access, as Lisa Liberski noted, would be a $50k maximum loan from your 401K.

You're money did a bit of the work, but most of the profit was probably through not charging for your labor.Year 2, you gained more knowledge in the industry and got a raise on your time and earned a good ROI.At the end of year 3, the amount you can earn on your labor stops growing so quickly, so it is very hard to double 500k.

Thanks for the heads up Steven, if I understand your point it is that if I take the cash and do not repair the property within a specified time I could have a tax on any gain.

I am not sure what you mean by "sad part they have a website and every thing (sic)"...most frauds make a website because it is a very cheap way to try and gain credibility.

There is alot to cover and I'm sure it will end up in a mess for both of you as it's clear you have not been doing this long enough to gain the skills and knowledge to pull it off.....so my suggestion is to pull that option and get things set up first.

I would guess getting 20% appreciation in the next 6-8 years would be the top end of possible expectations, unless there's something you know that's going to happen in your area to drive that level of gains.

I learned quickly that my time was more valuable than a plumer's, a handyman's and a lawn guy, so a phone call was all it took really.

When you learn to apply the tax benefits for example to a large family farm for development, the gain for the seller can be a killer (I did one that the family had from the 1870s).

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