We have met with two "financial advisors", and they both knew nothing about real estate, or commodities, or gold, etc....They were actually stock brokers, and that's about it. Does anyone have a financial advisor who...

I'm looking for some guidance on a self-directed IRA that I can easily trade public stocks. I currently have some assets with Directed Trust IRA in Scottsdale. Matt Sorenson,Mark Kohler's firm. I have also used Nuview...

I'm wondering if anybody has set up stock purchasing through cash flow from rental properties. I already have two retirement plans set up through my W-2 job. I was thinking about investing maybe 10% of cash flow into ...

Here's a thought....read an article, and the takeaway was to sell stocks high and buy real estate low. As a real estate agent, I can understand the small window where that could happen. I read about the "January Effe...

Hello all.  Has anybody sold stocks to fund a syndication?  Are there any tricks or ways to do it without just completely eating the capital gains tax??  50k investment.  Thank you in advance!  

Ha! I'm NOT a stock investor. I gave it a shot, and well, let's just say I should stick to real estate!!

Bought a little ADR - "SAY" Just google it, and laugh at my misfortune. Basically, the Indian version of Enron...

Hi! I have $260k in private stock (and growing fast). Could you please recommend a lender that you know does loans or lines of credit on private stock collateral? This money would be for a down payment on an investmen...

Hey Folks,Listening to GRE I heard a lot about how bad traditional investments and retirement plans are.  I am trying to put together some concrete and quantifiable numbers that show this- but its not my area of exper...

Hey yall! Was doing a little thinking today, and wanted to solicit some advice/discussion.Currently, my wife and I put $17,000 into Roth/Mutual Funds for Retirement a year(also do matched 401K contributions but I refu...

This is my first post here, so hello everyone! I am looking to make my second buy & rehab real estate investment this year and excited to be part of this community.  Here's my question.I have some short-term reali...