J.P. Ventura
Should I Elect to be an Independent Contractor or an Employee?
I have the option of being hired as an employee or independent contractor. I am wondering if any local accountants or CPAs in the DC / DMV area have any advice as to which I should choose. I am going to a direct lendi...
Account Closed
Back Door IRA Anyone?
Goal: Stuff my self directed ROTH IRA.Currently have an employee 401k (pre-tax only I believe), Oregon College Savings Fund (oregon income tax deductible), and no traditional IRA. Is there anyway to funnel these accou...
Katie Accashian
Self-Directed IRA - who to trust?
I am looking to take money from my retirement that I accumulated from my previous employer and move it into a self directed IRA to buy a real estate investment. This seems like a great fit for me other than the fact I...
Armand P.
Self Allocated VS. Managed
Hello-I met with a Financial Advisor from Fidelity to go over my retirement accounts. Currently, I have a Roth IRA (that I contribute monthly) and a 401K with my current employer (company matchs up to 5%). I will be t...
Reggie Maggard
Can any ira be used?
I was told by my funds managing company that the company I work for won't let me do a self directed ira, is that true or did I get bad info?
Eric B.
Qualified Retirement Plan
Now that I am preparing to "turn up" the metaphor "heat" on my new real estate investing career, I have heard a little of this and little of that about qualified retirement plans (QRPs). Could anyone give me advice o...
Bryan Hancock
Beating The $52k Solo K Limit For Investors With Multiple Businesses
I am writing about this on BP because I just found out about it and there are bound to be some tax wizards on here that know about about the game theory needed to navigate our ridiculous tax code. I stumbled upon thi...
Account Closed
ISO: Loan Person for Travel Nurse in NC (hit a snag)
Hit the first big snag.Trying to get an FHA loan for fourplex. Underwriter will not check off on it income is travel nurse income. 13 week contracts, same company for last year and never any trouble getting continued ...
John Paul
Retirement Savings options for Non 401K employees
Our current employer does not offer 401K. Started to invest on Roth IRA from past 5 years. The max is only 5.5K yearly contributions we can as per IRS limits. But some of my friends who work has 401K offered by thei...
Van Ngo
Mortgage Requirement Without previous 2 years of W2, HELP!!!
Hi everyone, first I just want to say thank you for your info and guidance as I'm new at this.
I was trying to refinance and eventually get a second home, I was informed by multiple lenders that my income won't quali...