Good morning all.Recently I came across a property in town that has a weatherization sticker in the window.  I went to the town records and found the taxes are being paid by Bank of America. After going to B of A's RE...

Hey Everyone,Situation: I am 25 year-old living in Rochester, NY with a Bachelors in Finance. Licensed RE Agent (although I do not do many deals) Work full-time (25k salary). One of my father's retirement account from...

This is my first time dealing with a short sale in which the owner on title is deceased.  The owner's son is considered the executor of the estate, according to the bank, but there is no legal trust set up.  We're clo...

This is my very first post! I have been reading about Self Directed IRAs as it was a recommendation from a conference I attended (and paid quite a bit for) regarding real estate investing. The way it was described mad...

Hi everyone. I have some money in my 401K from my old job that I would love to use to start my real estate journey. I wanted to know what is the best way to use this. What I've been reading different avenues, as in se...

Hi All - I am 31 years old and found a duplex with a lot of upside but it has to be a cash purchase. I want to pull money from my Roth IRA but want to do it correctly so I don't get hit with taxes and penalties. I am ...

I have a current 457B plan which I am permitted to self-direct through a brokerage account at Charles Schwab.  However, I cannot roll it over to a self-directed IRA while I am still a State employee.I have already tak...

Greetings All, I was recently made aware of a class action lawsuit against Equity Trust (see link here) to which one of the more disturbing claims is, that if found guilty they would essentially be considered a NON-qu...

I hear a lot of left wing people say that we invaded Iraq for the oil. admittedly I'm not a smart man. I dropped out of college, but I do have a lot of real world experience. So help me understand this please. If we i...

Today will be very important to see what the US DOJ will do on marijuana enforcement.  So far they have made it public they will be scrapping all the memos and guidance that has kept prosecutors from prosecuting peopl...