I'm purchasing a commercial apartment building and the short version is that the Seller is willing to close immediately (which I prefer) but has asked to carry the loan through December. His reason is that we are help...

Hi,
I've read prior posts about permissibility of renting a 1031 exchange property to family members (as long as it is fair market rent and well-documented).
Is it permissible for the parents to leave the property i...

I have found a property which will be going to tax auction soon and made contact with a relative of the person on the tax roll. The original owner is deceased and according to the relative the IRS is seizing any money...

any recommendaions forsolo self-directed IRA and fees in Orange Ca

I'm looking to leave my W2 job at some point soon and need to roll over my 401k to an SD IRA or Solo 401k. I'm a pro member and see a few different ones on BP, which ones do you BPers recommend if I want to continue p...

My friend has 2 houses.  The 1st house was bought in 1999 for $45,000 and he bought it with cash, lived in it while he re-modeled/repaired it, and then bought a 2nd house in 2012 for $100,000 with a conventional home ...

Actually this is Sarasota area - I wasn't anticipating getting in to the commercial space but an opportunity came up and so I went with it. The first load went OK but I just have another opportunity in hand and trying...

Hello, I've been reading a few books about real estate investing and I ran into using your current 401k and turning it into a "Real Estate IRA" to purchase investment property. Has anyone else heard of this? 

hi everyone,looking into getting into my first rental in the Tulsa area and wanted to see if you guys had any recommendations for the following:- mortgage lenders- house inspection companies- CPA's- real estate attorn...

Hello All,We recently bought a new primary residence using a HELOC and we now plan on selling our former one. We’ve never rented it so it cannot be claimed as a rental in the sale. The house is worth $850K with a mort...