I am curious, if you use a self directed IRA in a BRRR strategy, when you refinance the house, can you take some of the proceeds out as cash; or, does it all have to stay in the IRA?

Hello Bigger Pockets, My boyfriend and I recently purchased a property in South LA (near USC/Vermont Harbor). There are a lot of developments and changes occurring in this region of Los Angeles and we've noticed more ...

I recently listened to a podcast on BP about hard money loans. I'm an experienced investor (about 10 years) looking to do more deals this year and next. I currently have enough lines of credit to do 2 or 3 deals at ...

Always due your own due diligence. Also diversify....never put all your eggs in one basket again.

May 2004 to May 2009 DOW 30 stocks 20% LOSS
May 2004 to May 2009 Mexican Bolsa 130% GAIN
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Do you guys know any tool that crawls the MLS or sites like Zillow/Trulia and extracts information from it to excel or some sort of document with everything summarized? Will be nice to set up some triggers (show me pr...

Hi All,I have been pre-approved for my first investment property. I have set up a weekend with a real estate agent in Cleveland to look at some small multifamily properties (2-4 units) and hopefully I will find someth...

I have been wholesaling up until now using my name on the purchase and sale contracts. But I have been closing them regularly enough that I think its time to consider setting up an LLC.

Typically how long doe...

In short five years ago and a few years out from retirement I decided to learn about real estate investing so I could be prepared to get more heavily involved upon my retirement. Although I learned some from a friend ...

What did you do today? I spent time on Craigslist, Facebook and looking through the paper looking for deals.
I was supposed to go and look at (2) properties but the seller never called me back to finalize a time.
I...