I have always been curious how how significant my tax benefits can be from the purchase of real estate. So a little background info on me so you understand why I ask the question.... I am a current multi-unit restaura...

I'm curious to hear people's choices and reasons for using and/or reasons for not using any of the numerous self-directed IRA custodians out there.

I've been listening to Set for Life, by @Scott Trench.  Great book!  One of the things discussed in the book is how a 401k locks up part of your income, and that if you aspire to reach early financial freedom then a 4...

So folks, after having made the commitment to buy an investment property, and having flailed about, not knowing my direction, making some random, bonehead offers, not knowing exactly what I want to do, etc., I think I...

My situation is that I'm 45 years old and I have a 401K with my current employer. They match 100% up to 3% then 50% up to 5%. So I contribute 5% and get 4%, immediately vested. I've been contributing this for about 13...

So I get my taxes filed by CPA for the first time in my life, and paid a premium fee of $685.  Things went smoothly for the most part, other than couple of MAJOR issues which I cannot afford to overlook.  I am detaili...

I want to buy some rentals and hold and get the cash flow from the properties and im confused how to go about this. I was reading the Cashflow vs Appreciation thread for the longest and assumed that i can buy some che...

Hi, all! I have a question about HOAs and have been searching around but cannot find a similar situation to mine. I purchased a single family fixer upper in CA that is in an HOA community. The homes are situated on at...

Hello Bigger Pockets peeps,Feeling stuck lately and trying to spark ideas for my next real estate move..... So here we go...I'm a 24 years old college graduate living in Michigan. I work at a local bank making $40,00...