Frank Rubino
Buying Real Estate with a Self-Directed IRA
Has anyone purchased real estate using a self-directed IRA? I've read about this strategy but haven't tried it myself.
Nancy Fortenberry
Seller agent ignored appraiser report
We were almost closed on a house when we got the appraisal report. The square footage of the house was off over 300 sq, ft. The selling agent ignored the report and would not discuss anything with us. Instead, he just...
Justin Silverio
LLC w/ S Corp Election vs. C Corp w/ S Corp Election
There have been a couple of posts about this in the past but no definitive answers came out of them. My question is why would someone set up an LLC and elect to be taxed as an S Corp instead of just taking the S Corp...
Jennifer L.
How to get into commercial real estate - invest or storage units
Hi,I dabbled in real estate years ago (2004ish) by buying a 4 plex, renting it for a couple of years, fixed it up and sold it for a really great profit of ~$100k. From there I did a joint venture with and built a hou...
Mindy Jensen
Opportunity Zones - Is There a Window for Reinvesting?
I just heard of this thing called Opportunity Zones. A guy I met recently has sold his rentals this year, and is getting ready to take a tax hit. I don't know enough about Opportunity Zones to speak intelligently abou...
Jessica S.
Tax Implications of Flipping Partnership
I'm planning to partner with a friend on two flips in 2014. We will each be contributing equal amounts of money to the projects. Since I only anticipate doing two flips next year I'd prefer to declare the profits...
Andres Mata
01/2024 - Thoughts on Syndications / Investment Clubs
Hello all!
I have been researching a lot about syndications / investment clubs lately and was getting ready to start investing away, but I have found a couple of posts that mentioned that it might not be the best tim...
Graham Glover
Buy & Hold Condotel units
I've recently come across a deal for 2 units in a condotel complex. I was wondering if all of my BP friends could give their opinions about these types of ventures. To me, it seems like an interesting niche. The ma...
Jason Taliaferro
Airbnb Yay or Meh 2019
BP Investors what has been your experience with Airbnb/VRBO vacation and short term rentals? What cities and property types do you have? Did you convert your long terms rentals into short term or did you convert some ...
Brandon Schlichter
Self Directed IRA into REI Corp?
Got off the phone with my investment advisor, i had emailed him about whether or not he knew how to invest in real estate with a self directed IRA. I hear about it relatively frequently, and have one person in my offi...