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My IRA custodian denied an investment that I wanted to make in a syndication. They will not provide the reason for the denial. Their due diligence must have revealed a problem with the sponsorship group; otherwise, ...
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Hi everyone:I'm in a situation and looking for a little advice. I made an offer on a property sight unseen and the seller accepted. Problem is they took an extremely long time to produce the signed contract, and when...
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Introduction
When it comes to home renovations, the financial aspect can often be the most challenging hurdle. In my quest to find a solution for my own home improvement project, I stumbled upon Fannie Mae's HomeStyl...
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It seems I am running in to quite a few unethical Realtors. Wondering if its everywhere, or just here in Maryland? (Carroll County)I could go on for days, but the scenario that happened this morning has got me fumin...
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My CPA advised that since I will be managing the rental myself, rental income qualifies as Active (=earned) income (vs. Passive).
Does that sound right?
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Probably should have started this earlier. I’m a few weeks in, but I’ll split the post up so that it flows a bit better than a giant long read.Been getting all sorts of RE education through biggerpockets and my local ...
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I'm in the process of closing on my first home which will be my primary residence and I'm looking to take advantages of the "house hacking strategies" by: 1) having a friend move in and pay some rent and 2) general up...
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The main benefit everyone's raves about, in regards to using an S Corp to flip properties, is being able to funnel some of the profits as "distributions" and limit self employment taxes.
However, in my situation my ...
Guys, I was wondering if there was any law that would prohibit me from putting up a big sign in many of my job site construction fences that say "we buy houses", But only intend to put houses under contract to assign ...
So I am not totally sure if this is way out in left field but has anyone ever purchased an inspection from someone who backed out of a deal due to inspection contingency? My thoughts are that it would be a way for th...