I wanted to know your thoughts on this. I was thinking of moving close to $200k from an old 401k account into SDIRA. I’m not much familiar with SD custodians. Only one I know is Speciaized trust company. Do they vary...

Greetings all.  After seeing 'Opportunity Zones' mentioned in a news article last week, I have it on my to-do list to research the landscape for these.  I will be updating this thread as I learn relevant items.  Pleas...

I recently read through as many posts on BP as I could regarding raising a small amount of money to use for my acquisitions. After going through - what appears to be a normal knee jerk, 'I'll just start a company and ...

I have been researching REI with IRA money.  Here are some of my thoughts, and I would love to hear what you think?  More importantly, what are you investing with your self directed IRA and why.There are many tax bene...

Hi BP,2 part question: 1. Can I start an SD IRA (or solo4 401K) without forming an LLC (fees would destroy ROI).  I am looking to invest in performing mortgage notes that are passive (no trading, note terms longer tha...

I've already posted my bad experience with investing out of state in Memphis. Horrible tenants! Some on this board who SELL the "turnkey cash flow in Memphis" dream to out state (or country) investors come on and ju...

Hi everyone!My husband and I are planning on jumping in to the Chicago market and are pursuing fix/flips. We are having trouble deciding which entity(LLC, S-Corp, land trusts, etc.) to create and are looking for advic...

I know this was asked before but all the threads are very old (years old) and things change (read many posts that say the level of service changed for both companies over the past 2 years).So for the people that want ...

I evicted my tenants last week for non-payment of rent. They were out at 5pm Monday night. My Realtor went by the house yesterday while FaceTiming me, and they trashed the place. Literal garbage everywhere, carpet I r...

Looked at a property for a potential BRRRR.  Price is 170k with ARV at 240k.  only thing here that is really concerning is the block basement.  Looks like this might be an issue or might be a simple fix.  Also I've he...