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I'm getting ready for my exam, woman from the school I went to says test is open book. Two people who took the exam last year told me it's not. I don't think the woman would lie to me. Thinking maybe the rules changed...
Would anyone know if there's a list of items that can be included for assessing your net worth for becoming an accredited investor, SPECIFICALLY how life insurance policies, pension funds, might be handled, if at all?...
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With the current TCJA the estate tax exemption is 11.18 million (single) and 22.26 million (married). Any estate in excess of these thresholds are taxed at 40% in CA. For example, if you are worth 20 million as a si...
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The big question that I have battled with for years: should I get life cover and an retirement annuity?I had 2 kids quite young, before I was financially stable, but we made it work, I am the bread winner with a decen...
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Just wondering, how many RE invetsors have had or are involved in sales of other financial products? Insurance sales, bank PR/marketing, stock brokers, financial planners?
How has that experience played on your RE in...
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Does anyone have serious experience with using the Infinite Banking Concept or Bank on yourself concept to invest in real estate? The only people I talk to that love it are trying to sell me policies.I am having diffi...
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Hello everyone,
I'm very curious what strategies people are planning to use, if the housing markets tank again, like in 2009. I know many of you were investing during the last recession and were able to ride the wav...
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I'm throwing a question out about how to get started in the infinite banking concept and the ability to leverage one of my properties to get started, does anyone have any experience in doing this? And the other quest...
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What vehicles or strategies does everyone recommend to fund their Real Estate Investments? I'm specifically looking to what should I do with the money I am saving? I have a 457 I put money into that I can leverage, bu...