You can roll it to a self-directed IRA (SDIRA) and buy real estate or privately lend, but you couldn't do that with your personal rental otherwise you would blow your IRA up. 6.5% right now is a great rate...it's lower than what you can get a 30-year fixed owner-occupied home for.

Hey George welcome - I'm also in the same boat as an American invested both back home and in Japan.

What tips would you give individuals looking to become real estate investors?

Hi, Im looking to buy a house in southern california and received approval for investment loan for investment property that is a single family unit home.

Purchase price: $35,000 Cash invested: $280,000 Sale price: $440,000 purchased vacant lot, built home, sold How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

With the substantial increase in home prices across the state, it has become more challenging to find sound investment options for my clients.

I have some owners that prefer to keep in pretty constant communication and that’s okay too.When I take over management, I treat the homes like my own.

With comparable properties reaching north of 800k and selling under a week on market and over asking this is a home run any way you slice it.

That's about how many overall residential homes are on the market along the entire 400ish mile long rugged and majestic Oregon Coast at any given moment. 

@Ryan Biankowski Do you have equity in your home that you can use?