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I learned today that a shooting happened in one of my triplex last week and as a result someone died or was seriously injured. That happened last week and I just learned it today when I showed up at the property and o...
Debt or Leverage of Low interest, what is best plan before retirement?we live in California, have primary home and a rental home. I have 530k balance primary home first mortgage locked 3.5% for 30 years (PITI=$3263), ...
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Self-directed IRA is an amazing way to take tax-deferred advantage of the cash I have piled up in my 401k, and funnel it into real estate. I intend to take the plunge immediately, but there are so many providers out t...
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I just met with a woman at the rental. Her source of income was SSI + child support. As it turns out, they did not meet my minimum income requirement (3X monthly rent), so they didn't apply.
I've dealt with SSI befo...
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Curious if anyone has ever had any experiences related to a tenant who wanted to be a foster parent?I learned recently that my tenant had invited a Foster child into the unit without my prior screening or consent. Alt...
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So as someone who recently had a child, I'm looking for ways to put some money into an account set-up for my newborn that will hopefully grow over the years. Traditional CD's over below inflation rate interest rates,...
Just opened my first SD-IRA for REI, deposited 2017's $5500, and converted to Roth. Plan to do this again in 2018. It'll be maybe a few more years until I have enough in there to buy a turnkey rental (our primary RE...
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Hey everyone, my name is Jon Tysman. Long time podcast listener first time on the forum. I'm an 18 year old in Michigan, my "investing journey" started about 3 years ago when my history teacher introduced me to the st...
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Hello everyone. I am 28 years old and I recently bought my first house in Jersey City. I'm looking to start investing in real estate but I'm not sure if I should flip houses, rentals, wholesale etc.
Here are my goals...
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I need some help on an issue. I have an offer in on a duplex that has a tenant that will not cooperate. The prop is being sold through the fed gov and and dont think she has had to pay rent for a while. The other side...