
27 March 2018 | 6 replies
My personal opinion would be...advance to pay the taxes now, send him a demand letter giving him a couple of weeks or up to 30 days to pay you back.

28 March 2018 | 67 replies
Companies and individuals that refuse to accept humility and respond proactively rather than reactively to the changing world will soon suffer similar fates.

26 March 2018 | 1 reply
I have a strong system of identifying motivated sellers , but my primary focus at the moment is cultivating demand.

18 May 2018 | 11 replies
So, with high demand and a fixed/limited supply of real estate, I'd expect Cedar Park to do better than the Pioneer Crossing area in appreciation and rent growth when buying a resale home over the near and middle terms.

26 March 2018 | 17 replies
Eddie Sorrell are you confident that your market will have demand at the higher price?

25 March 2018 | 2 replies
I believe the UGB will have expanded somewhat but the available land will still be limited when compared to demand causing an increase in price.

25 March 2018 | 0 replies
My reason for stating this is simply can Fivver do what I have not found other local talented individuals to do without asking 150K plus per year?

3 April 2018 | 8 replies
Following are the similarities and differences between the solo 401k and the self-directed IRA.The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k SimilaritiesBoth were created by congress for individuals to save for retirement;Both may be invested in alternative investments such as real estate, precious metals tax liens, promissory notes, private company shares, and stocks and mutual funds, to name a few;Both allow for Roth contributions;Both are subject to prohibited transaction rules;Both are subject to federal taxes at time of distribution;Both allow for checkbook control for placing alternative investments;Both may be invested in annuities;Both are protected from creditors;Both allow for nondeductible contributions; andBoth are prohibited from investing in assets listed under I.R.C. 408(m)The Self-Directed IRA and Solo 401k DifferencesIn order to open a solo 401k, self-employment, whether on a part-time or full-time basis, is required;To open a self-directed IRA, self-employment income is not required;In order to gain IRA checkbook control over the self-directed IRA funds, a limited liability company (IRA LLC)must be utilized;The solo 401k allows for checkbook control from the onset;The solo 401k allows for personal loan known as a solo 401k loan;It is prohibited to borrow from your IRA;The Solo 401k may be invested in life insurance;The self-directed IRA may not be invested in life insurance;The solo 401k allow for high contribution amounts (for 2018, the solo 401k contribution limit is $55,000, whereas the self-directed IRA contribution limit is $5,500);The solo 401k business owner can serve as trustee of the solo 401k;The self-directed IRA participant/owner may not serve as trustee or custodian of her IRA; instead, a trust company or bank institution is required;When distributions commence from the solo 401k a mandatory 20% of federal taxes must be withheld from each distribution and submitted electronically to the IRS by the 15th of the month following the date of each distribution;Rollovers and/or transfers from IRAs or qualified plans (e.g., former employer 401k) to a solo 401k are not reported on Form 5498, but rather on Form 5500-EZ, but only if the air market value of the solo 401k exceeds $250K as of the end of the plan year (generally 12/31);When funds are rolled over or transferred from an IRA or 401k to a self-directed IRA, the amount deposited into the self-directed IRA is reported on Form 5498 by the receiving self-directed IRA custodian by May of the year following the rollover/transfer.Rollovers (provided the 60 day rollover window is satisfied) from an IRA to a Solo 401k or self-directed IRA are reported on lines 15a and 15b of Form 1040;Pre-tax IRA contributions on reported on line 32 of Form 1040;Pre-tax solo 401k contributions are reported on line 28 of Form 1040;Roth solo 401k funds are subject to RMDs;A Roth 401k may be transferred to a Roth IRA (Note that from a planning perspective, it may be advantageous to transfer Roth Solo 401k funds to a Roth IRA before turning age 70 ½ in order to escape the Roth RMD requirement applicable to Roth 401k contributions including Roth Solo 401k contributions and earnings.)

31 March 2018 | 10 replies
2. economic vacancy number projections - often times over optimistic3. expenses - ABP vs individual metered.

4 April 2018 | 55 replies
The street is individual homes, so the chance that they didn’t know that driveway was mine is zero.