I was talking with the guy at MySolo401K about trying to open a Solo 401K. I have a Sole proprietor LLC since 2009 where I was doing consulting and training. My business did really well, but almost 2 years ago, I star...

Hello,Thanks in advance for reading this and any help you may provide.I am a note investor.  We have one note in Ohio.  We initiated FC.  However, the borrower, just Friday, wired $5K and begins making $913 payments m...

I am a resident of Southern California and I'm looking to invests in rental properties.  However, after running the numbers, I cannot find a deal that will cash flow with a 20% downpayment (even if I self-manage the p...

Market Vertigo
by Cliff Draughn

"We give you a Republic; now see if you can keep it." -- Ben Franklin

As I have remarked in prior calendar-turning newsletters, it is this time of the year when most people pause ...

We understand every realtor can write up their commission structure (to a certain legal degree), but we want to know what the standard commission structure usually is in Raleigh, NC. What would be the "off the shelf a...

In less than 30 days, when I close on this deal, this will be my first real estate purchase. My plan is to househack this fourplex.

I’ve run the numbers using the BiggerPockets calculator and my own spreadsheet. Ev...

I keep reading people here saying  "Your rental properties are a business" as a precursor to  some inflexible dogma about sticking to the letter of agreements and pursuance of remedies for breaches. Let me point out ...

So I have some of my properties that already come with the fridge so I leave them. I have one property I just finished rehabing that’s basically a $2000 a month rental. I did not put a fridge in it, but my Property Ma...

Hello All. Input please.  After 15 of years of using a Realtor to fill my properties, I feel I want to move forward without the persons help any longer.  Main reason why is sloppy work, poor communication and flippant...

My story : I'm 30. Fully vested with $55,000 in my 401 K . My primary mortgage has a balance of $35,000 left of my original $182,000 loan I got 5 years ago.I made a lot the past few years during the down economy and w...