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Hello Everyone:I am looking at IRA Financial Group for a solo 401k and/or a self directed IRA. http://www.irafinancialgroup.com Does anyone have any experience using IRA Financial Group? Any opinions about other avai...
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Hello!I am fairly new to the forum but have been quietly following some of the post. My husband and I are in the process of buying our first investment property, a multi family short sale in Puerto Rico. The plan is t...
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Wanting to get some insight on a best possible way to go about using lease options as means of generating rental properties. More specifically the idea of either using seller financing or lease option from a seller, t...
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Hi BP World,
Here is my situation, I currently have a 401K plan with my employer which I contribute to weekly, this plan does not have a match option.
What I would like to accomplish
I would like to borrow agains...
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Hi, I have $1mm in equity in my residence. I owe about $600K and pay about $3400/mo in mortgage. Taxes are low since I have lived here for over 8 years. If I move to a like house, cost is about $1.2mm and then my p...
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So I recently read an article about using a retirement account to buy real estate. I was wondering if any one had any advice/experience/insight. Greatly appreciated.
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BPers,Let's say two SDIRAs invest in a trust. SDIRA #1 investing $80,000 and SDIRA #2 investing $20,000. Is there a way to split profits in any other way than the percentage that goes in (80/20) in this case? Could...
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Hi,I opened a Solo 401K via Etrade for my LLC in 2016 and deposited the IRS limit 18k + 25% of W2 income. Note that my LLC is not related to real estate. I thought I would use the 401K to invest actively in stocks, ho...
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I just listened to a presentation in which a lawyer (SDIRA expert) said that you cannot perform physical work on your own rental properties held by your self-directed IRA. This would be a prohibited / self-dealing tr...
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I know it's vulgar to talk about money, but as of today I have $25,862.64 sitting in a 401K from and old employer. The returns are horrific. It's not much, but I'd like to put that money to better use by buying a rent...