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Hi. I am investor from Madrid, Spain. I am buying real estate on my own in Spain. I have a team which works for me. We also offer to potential investors for sale profitable properties in different areas of Spain. I am...
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I'm looking to use my IRA to invest in real estate. I'm looking for any advise from anyone who is doing this and which company are you using as the custodian. Thank you.
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Hello Everyone,
I have kind of a sticky situation. My wife and I have jointly owned our primary residence (let's call this property A) since 1996 and have built quite a bit of equity in it. We recently decided to p...
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Was talking to a friend and they had mentioned that their realtor had said that Flipping properties in Maryland is illegal unless you have a license. I thought it was very strange because i've never heard that, but s...
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Here's what I read on the 2% rule....."The 2% rule says that for a rental property investment to be “good”, the monthly rent should be equal to or higher than 2% of the purchase price."so....If I bought a multifamily ...
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The 2016 online tax lien auction for Coconino county in northern AZ ended last week and here are some unofficial results. Results can change if investors do not make their final payments for their lien purchases.Dol...
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If I have a rental business, can I use that income to qualify me as self employed so I can set up a self-directed solo 401(k)?
@Dmitriy Fomichenko @Seth Tandett
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A prospective tenant with (great credit / clean background) of ours has a roommate that is here on a work permit. He has a Tax ID number but no Social Security number. Our current tenant screening company can only sea...
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Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:
a) Get "bailed out"
b) Renegotiate my loa...
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I have an opportunity approaching in 2017 to buy a small MXU building ($500-$600k). I am running the numbers and between the high insurance rate and the much higher interest rates with shorter amortization schedules, ...