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IRA/401k plans as they relate to self direction/self administered has been a hot topic lately and as such, I would like to attempt to get a consensus on experienced investors' perspectives to the following question:
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500K should give me about 2.5 Million in real estate. Where should I be looking? I live in California, and 2.5 Million doesn't go very far here. Also any general advice from experience you can lend me so I don't make ...
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Hi there!My husband and I are closing on the sale of a rental property in a VERY overpriced market. It is very difficult to cash flow on buy and hold here. And, as much as we would love to make real estate investing...
I'm a 29 year old American living in California (Silicon Valley) with $500k in cash.
Due to religious reasons, I cannot use leverage (i.e. bank loans), so my investments need to be all cash.
I need to invest this mo...
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I’ve been reading everything on BP. I have two properties in Utah one vacation and one commercial. I’m looking to get into multi family. Originally I was set on Texas as I’ve spent a lot of time there and after findin...
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Hello BiggerPockets World!!!
I’m very excited to be on here. The BP community is new to me and I have been nothing but been impressed with what I have seen take place on here thus far. There is a real since of co...
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Do any investors in the Austin area invest primarily out of state? Finding deals in Austin seems to be extremely difficult and even though I know of people that have success in DFW and SA I'm still interesting in disc...
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Quick Background
I'm a first time investor that fell in love with Austin, ironically, by getting quarantined there for 1/2 of 2020. I was well aware of the growth over the past 10 years, but when Joe Rogan + the enti...
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I'm working with James Wise and Holton Wise's company right now to buy luxury property and make them into airbnbs. I've been running the numbers, and while some can't really cut it as an airbnb, some of these properti...
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Okay, here's the situation:I have a partner who wants to invest, but basically is relying on me to find the good deal. I see a lot of these 50/50 deals where there is someone who has the money, and someone who has the...