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Hi Guys,
Brand new here, with a question:
Can hard money lending be considered a small business, where expenses can be deducted -- just like any other business? I thought this was a given until I started reading ab...
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I welcome any and all ideas and critiques regarding this issue. Please comment or PM me if you have any thoughts. Good or bad. :-)
I am installing a 15.6 megawatt Grid Tied solar system on my 30 unit apartment com...
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I hear stories that people have bought houses for 10 cents on the dollar at sheriff's sale/auction. How is that possible? Why would a 50% equity homeowner default when he/she could put their property on the MLS at 7...
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From 2003-2009 I was 20 years old and had my first real job and taste of Real Estate for a mortgage company at HomeBridge Mortgage Bankers in south Florida.It was a crazy market and a crazier place to work, but I lear...
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I am looking to kick off my real estate journey soon and I need all the help and support I can get! I hope to connect with experienced people who can help me avoid the pitfalls that new investors might run into. I am ...
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I've been reading up on using self directed IRA's to finance real estate, and I haven't found an answer to this question. Once you buy a property in a SDIRA is there any way to get that property out of the IRA and sti...
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Hello BP!I own an LLC with a business partner doing residential filps. We are looking into opening up a real estate investment fund to raise private capital. We figured we could save money by opening up investment fun...
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Anyone have any hands on experience as guests/clients or your own vacation rental investments?I'm anxious to hear from folks who've had personal hands on experience with both. We will be expanding our vacation propert...
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Some Perspective... 0.15%
That's the percent of American people who have Covid-19 at the time of this writing. NOT even 1% of the total population.
Suppose the disease were to quadruple before this is over, that w...
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i had a thread on this a few months ago, but it's official now. the Intuit is shutting down and everyone has to move to their new system - merchant payment service.http://support.quickbooks.intuit.com/support/artic......