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Has anyone purchased real estate using a self-directed IRA? I've read about this strategy but haven't tried it myself.
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Hey everyone!I'm looking to purchase my first property! It's exciting but I've been at it for a while and it's been tough to find something. I'm in a high market right now (near Sacramento CA, Amador County to be spec...
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Good Morning Everyone, I'm still new to Bigger Pockets and the community and have recently been combing the forums and starting to listen through many of the great pod-casts that seem to be available. One of the main ...
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Ok, we are up to post 9, I am just about to begin some real construction work now. I have to gloss over a lot of detail work to get this material up, I havent touched on the hours of details, plans, permits, etc. ba...
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I understand you can’t do any work on a property your IRA owns. What if you have a portion of that property owned by a LLC? Can you argue you are doing work for the LLC portion?
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3 times in just the past week I’ve witnessed sellers discriminate against buyers because of either race or sex. Humans simply can’t be trusted not to discriminate if given the chance. We’ve put laws in place to make d...
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Hi EveryoneI just finished reading “The Flipping Blueprint” by Luke Weber and am more motivated than ever before to start my real estate investment journey. As a high school math teacher of 12 years and having to swit...
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iN THIS COMPETATIVE MARKET I SEE QUITE A FEW FOLKS CHARGING A LOW CLEANING FEE TO NO FEE AT ALL. TO ME IT SEEMS YOU ARE BUYING A JOB AS A HOUSEKEEPER. I AM IN A SMALLER MARKET IN GEORGIA AND IN THE PAST YEAR MULTIPL...
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Hi all,Newbie here. I’m going to dive straight in. We’re a childless married couple residing in Brooklyn, NY and are over the exploding rent and home purchase costs. We live in a fairly nice part of Brooklyn (thank he...
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Investors, I am in the process of acquiring a 4 Plex house hack and the units have carpet in every aspect of them except kitchen and bathrooms. This has got to go because tenants SUCK with carpet. What flooring are yo...