Jacob Bindler
Is hiring agent to sell worth it.
Somewhat dated, but still one of the best studies. MARKET DISTORTIONS WHEN AGENTS ARE BETTER INFORMED: THE VALUE OF INFORMATION IN REAL ESTATEThis is an abstract. Agents are often better informed than the clients who ...
Christopher Lawrence
Comfort cat. Fair housing law question.
Hello,I was wondering if any of you have had a situation like this arise. I own a college rental property with 6 students renting for a yearly lease. They came to us as a group of 6 and signed the lease without ever d...
Jeffrey Radcliffe
Note investing strategies for retirement using an IRA or 401-K
Can any of you please share your investment strategies for retirement by using/purchasing Reperforming or performing notes in your IRA or 401-K?Is anyone purchasing performing notes one at a time via the exchanges to ...
Brian Kantor
Can you 1031 Exchange into a syndication as an LP?
Hi there. My parents are selling a commercial property they own in full that's held in an LLC (of which they are partner members. Can they 1031 exchange the proceeds from that sale into a syndication deal as a limited...
David C.
Harris County Tax Auction
1.0 Introduction
Here is my small experience with a Harris County Tax Sale. Harris County is the county containing Houston, Texas. Since I could not find much about the actual process I figured others mig...
Russell Holmes
Found a small, rented cash-flowing property. What would you do?
I have found what could possibly be a great starter investment house, or possibly not. I, of course, would want to see it in person, have it inspected, etc and do my due diligence before moving further. On the su...
Nghi Le
S-Corp vs C-Corp
I've been talking to several investors, attorneys, and CPAs over the past 6 months about this, including Mark Kohler and Anderson Advisors (Clint Coons' company). I have yet to choose who I want to go with as my atto...
Philip Mullinax
Tenant Repair Overdue
Hey guys,I have a tenant I had to replace a toilet for at the beginning of the month due to their child flushing a number of toys down the toilet. I paid the plumber directly with the understanding the tenant would b...
John Friendas
LLC Mortgage Under Partner Instead of Me
Hey,My investing partner and I have reached an agreement where he would have the debt under his name and apply for it individually, and I would do the majority of the management (he is out of state and my income is ha...
Sarah Jukes
Extra $3000/mth, pay down mortgage v SEP IRA v 457 def comp retirement
Hi! Just purchased our 2nd investment rental property. Loan amount $304,000 7.3% interest (house value $600,000). Other rental loan is 3.5% $553,000 (house value $770,000). We can pay an extra $3000/mth. Could pay off...