Imebette Barkley
What is the better deal?
Which is the better deal? There is a five bedroom home being sold for 138K definitely needs updates or a five bedroom home fully renovated being sold for the market median of 198K.
(My initial thought was that i will...
Asher Richardson
How can I convince my partner to get real estate
I have been interested in real estate for many years. My problem is, my partner is not. To be honest, she does not like the idea of it at all. This year we decided we would look to buy a property as we had saved up en...
Ron Jon
Financial statements for new LLC (partnership)
I am planning on creating an LLC with a couple of partners to buy our first investment property within the next few weeks. All are active partners and have equal stake. My question is about the visibility of the perso...
Account Closed
FHA and cosigners
So I'm a Sophomore in college, have a part time job making about $500/month, 717 credit score. Currently pay about 600/month for rent, although I pay using financial aid from school. I'm trying to buy a small multi f...
Jason C.
Combining REI and FIRE
Has anyone combined FIRE (Financial Independence Early Retirement) and REI into their investments? If so, what strategies do they use to save to invest? How do you allocate towards two different investment vehicles?Ba...
Jaziel MaldonadoRoman
Can you use retirement savings as collateral
Hi, I'm currently an active duty military member and I have saved up 14k on my tsp. I want to start my real estate journey towards financial freedom by buying multi-family and house hacking. I am aware that I can get ...
Brittany Villamil
Help! Analyzing my Financial Postion
Hello!Looking to buy my first home! (buy and hold) I would like to give some (alot) details about my situation and ask some "what would you do" or "what do you think" questions. I just married in May 2014. My husband ...
Bruce L.
Myth No. 2: A penny saved is a penny earned
So, I was browsing the Internet and found this article on Bankrate and since I know there are some wealthy BPers on this forum, I thought I would ask what your opinions are. I'm a saving and a believer of a pen...
Jason Thomas
Capital Gains savings by selling rental with allotment sale
A financial advisor has told me about using a Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA) as a vehicle to lower my capital gains with the sale of my rental property. It is to be setup as a structured allotment sale over ...
Mike McCarthy
Is Life Insurance a good idea?
I know this is like asking "are peas good" and will get a lot of "it depends" answers, but here's the basic question:If your death (and subsequent lack of cash flow) will significantly affect your family and loved one...