Although I'm new to real estate I'm hoping that my analytical skills and creative problem solving experience can be leveraged successfully in this arena, especially with respect to buy-and-hold deals for income replacement. 

My thinking is that since I can put that $25K into an environment that will yield 20%-30% annualized ROI with tax free Roth characterization, I may as well take the tax hit for cap gains and SE tax now then grow that money tax free in the Roth soloK.

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Let's talk and we can bounce ideas off each other on how the environment in upstate NY really is for REIT.

Very well respected.

Granted, you'd still have to land in a brokerage with an environment committed to your growth and success.

A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

Get your brother evicted as well, seems like family relationships are not a concern considering the lack of respect to you, or your property.

have fun, think it out before you buy  a program, make friends with successful people, ask questions, collect cards, built your master mind group; folks who you respect and who are a proven entity .

Bank underwriting guidelines come in tiers with respect to the documentation requirements (I was a credit officer for 25 years).