@Michael O Olushoga You can open an IRA at most banks an/or online.

Another typical M/O of unlicensed brokers. 

If the RE agent can get the bank to accept a short sale price then the house would be sold for less than you can buy it for w/o negotiating with the bank.

Some companies like Realty Income (ticker symbol "O") even pay a monthly dividend.

After 5 years of being a landlord part time (with 25 apartments), purchasing my first self storage facility in Sept. of 2011 is what allowed me to finally quit my J-O-B.

They want a person signing the docs (w/o 'member' or 'member/manager') hence the deed transfer.

It takes 8 1/2 years of  $O spending to save $1mm at 10k/month assuming you can achieve similar returns in each case. year 1 investing $1mm at 6% = $1060,000 vs $125,000, Year5: $1,349,000  vs $697,000Year12: $2,050,000 vs $2,100,000Year15: $2,450,000 vs $2,900,000Year20: $3,310,000 vs $4,600,000 I'll argue, you can achieve better returns with $1mm cash on hand than you can with $10k/month (i.e.

I prefer to have an abundance because then I can use the wealth at my disposal to serve others.....and it would be fun to install a keg-o-rator in my bar.I'm 44. 

The #1 claim against e&o policies is for property management.

I share the view that real estate valuations in Toronto  - and a few other Canadian markets -  are not sustainable, but it's not unprecedented and there's lots of real estate w/o TO, so I loose little time wondering when the train will derail.My experience has been that there is substantial difference between an ARM in the U.S.A. and variable-rate financing in Canada.