So my wife and I (39 and 40) were looking at purchasing a rental property at the NJ shore with some of our assets. We found a property and got pre-approved for the mortgage. Then BANG, we talked to our financial adv...

I am looking to hire my 7yo son as a household employee. Mainly Supervising his 2 year old sister while were home so we can complete tasks such as cooking and laundry.
I do not own a business. Am I able to do this ou...

I have used FCI servicer  in CA for the last three years to servicing my 2nd loans. Well, as you might already know (if you investing in NPN) that no servicer is perfect which I am OK with. In 2014, I have a 2nd loan ...

I'm a fairly new listener to the BP podcast; just got to #17, and am looking for any guidance/experience that any fellow "newbies" or vets have in allocating their capital, specifically with regards to their retiremen...

Hi, my name is Andrew Hughes. I have been studying real estate for about a year and keeping up on biggerpockets for a while.  I have listened to most of the podcasts and have tried to suck up as much knowledge as I co...

I am very new to REI, my experience is the following (its all personal...so I am trying to see if that can be leveraged):purchased my first home in 2001 for $125,000 did a rehab (about 15K) and sold it 3 years later f...

I am trying to figure out the best way to take money out of my rental properties with the least amount of tax impact.  I was thinking about paying myself 10% manager fee for each of my STR rentals and 5%/month on my l...

I'm a full-time employee with no recent self-employment income. My employer does not offer any retirement benefits and I will be in this job for several years. I already have a Roth IRA with stocks, and I know there's...

Does anyone have any experience or recommendations for non recourse lenders that will cross collateralize loans for properties in a retirement account? I have several clients that have a lot of equity in homes they pu...

It appears that some of the brokers have cookie-cutter Solo 401k plan agreements for their customers.  Reading through the agreements the plans allow for Real Estate & loans.  I know mysolo401k.com allows their pl...