So my wife and I are starting to look for a house to buy with our IRA, and then rent out, probably in Florida. This is something we have been considering for a couple years, and understand the procedure and rules. ...

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I have a question about forming LLCs to protect my investment properties that I intend to start doing here shortly. Before someone says, you don't "need" an LLC. I know I don't need one, I do prefer one for an...

It seems in this day and age, I constantly find myself looking to men of the past for guidance and advice: Warren Buffet, Abraham Lincoln, Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Thomas Jefferson, just to name a few. I do no...

So myself and a friend are looking at buying homes from the trustee sales here in OC and LA county. We have met quite a few people who would be glad to use our money and split the deals 50/50. We don't want to do th...

If money was not an issue and i had 100,000 USD on the side to put for down payments, would investing in expensive cities like los angeles be a good idea because of the rental occupancy rate there, or would it be wise...

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Our friends at the IRS are auditing my 2009 return, mostly because of my real estate professional designation.
I have a full time job and the rentals take up all of the rest of my time and I easily spend mo...

I'm a free-market person, but if the autos go under, we'll have millions of more people without work. Do you guys think we need a bailout or maybe some of you have some other ideas?

Hello everyone. Is it ever OK to waive the inspection? I put in an offer for a three family home, recently fully renovated inside and out. In speaking with the agent he mentioned I have a better chance of getting my o...

This is probably the best article I've seen so far on what is going on in the mortgage marketplace. 
The Coronavirus Meltdown
The current Coronavirus crisis is having a critical impact on the Mortgage Industry, whic...

On numerous occasions, clueless real estate agents want to put me on automation where they send me searches from the MLS. They seem to be focused on morphing this into a buyer/broker arrangement.I continue to scratch ...