Fay Chen
What's a good resource for Self Directed IRA?
My parents are getting ready to retire in less than 5 years. Dad is going to a lot of retirement seminars but most of them are after his 401K & pension money. Mom is an investor in heart, so she's been eager to ge...
Joel Hollingsworth
Questions for the Sevier County cabin rental cabal
Hello world! First post on BP. Be nice.First, a quick note about me. I'm a formerly-retired lawyer (UT-Knoxville law school) who is now practicing again primarily for the purpose of rebuilding an investment stash I lo...
Kaylee Walterbach
Book title thoughts: Medium-term rentals (30+ days)
Hello BP forums—help us choose a book title! This is for the medium-term rental book coming out in November.
We don't have a forum exclusively for medium-term rentals (yet!) so I figured this would be a good place to...
Molly Lonborg
General Partnership or LLC?
Hi, My husband and I have partnered with another person and we have begun to buy rental properties together (we are about to close on one property, and in escrow on another). We own 50% of the properties and our par...
Alex M.
Entity formation: worth doing it myself?
Hi all,Im wondering if it makes sense for me to try to set up my own legal entities... I just got quoted $1500 per entity not including filing fees to set up an LLC, and was also told to set up an S-Corp management co...
Account Closed
ROI versus cash on cash
I am looking at various investment opportunities including syndicates, limited partnerships and other sorts of deals to join. It would be ideal to be able to compare apples to apples, but it doesn't seem to be wor...
Daniel Guillermo
IRA Custodian recommendation
I have decided to open a self-directed IRA to invest in rental property. I was wondering if anyone could recommend an IRA custodian that I could use. I'd like one that is easy to work with and has reasonable fees...
Curtis M.
How do I structure the terms for my investor (first timer)
I'm a Real Estate newb. I'm a successful business person, but this is my first stab at real estate. Ultimately I want to do this to allow my brother to quit his blue collar job and do this with me full time. But I ...
Joel Gierbolini
Bank loan on a 75k property or less, is it possible?
I have notice that many (majority) banks don’t like to lend on a property less than 75k. If that’s the case what happens to those that try to purchase properties that are less than 75k? For example in markets like: De...
Ken Rishel
A Must Read by Frank Rolfe
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Frank Rolfe:The PBS News Hour recently ran a segment titled "Bad Bargain? Manufactured Homeowners Feel the Financial Strain", as a par...