If I'm wanting to lend money to someone with my private money, for them to purchase or refinance and I'd be recorded as the 1st position lender, would that money be a tax write off? Obviously, the interest I earn from...

Summary of my situation: Wife and I live off just her income. Tithing, Investing, Saving comes from my income and after our tithing, 401k/IRA contributions, our W2s put about $2,000-$4000/month toward saving/investing...

I've recently begun dedicating time on Sundays for a financial review in different areas of my personal life and business.This Sunday, I did a thorough review of my investment in mobile homes. For those who don't know...

Hello! My name is Ashley Shearer (I got married and do not know how to change my profile name!). I work in corporate and my husband is a service manager. Together, we paid off all our debt in October 2016 and are curr...

Hello,I am following up to my early post regarding using a 401K loan for REI.  In hindsight, I wish I kept some money out to use for other investments, but I was always very diligent about contributing to my 401K.  Fi...

This is a question for you Tax-Savvy Folk out there. I'll soon be 59 1/2 and am planning take a distribution on a 403b (non-profit organizations) that I have with the intention of using it in a SD IRA (most likely wit...

As a millennial and recent college grad and wanting to begin building a portfolio of properties while working a full time job, a question I constantly find myself contemplating is how to plan for an early retirement a...

When I first started thinking about getting into REI, my initial thoughts were to do live-in flips with the goal of being able to pay cash for my "retirement" house approximately 10 years from now, so I won't have a h...

Can you avoid or defer most of the taxes if you have an investment property inside of an LLC by using depreciation or maybe even in conjunction with a self directed or rollover IRA? If so what are the proper steps and...

I'm thinking about retiring (after 23 years of teaching) in June, but I'm trying to get as much advice as I can before making the leap.  My data shows I'll have $3,500/mo cash-flow in the first year.  By year two (due...