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Bought a few houses (12) years ago. Did pretty well.
Now trying to decide if We should Cash out on some of them
and trying to diversify into stocks .
Odd times right now. Just trying to figure Risk/Reward/Headache...
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There are several cities I'm looking into for a multi-family properties. Should I be starting conversations with commercial agents in these different cities? And let them know I'm looking in different cities? Or ar...
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Hello all.I've been a member of Bigger Pockets for a few months now but this is my first post. I have always been interested in real estate and now I believe it's time for me to actually set goals and milestones for m...
Hi,I have 50K extra to invest, and I have already diversified my other investments to many different areas using: Vanguard 3-fund index fund portfolio ( vtsax, vtiax, vwitx (60/30/10) ), M1Finance 3-fund ETF portfolio...
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Can you manage properties held by your self-directed IRA? Assuming you do none of the hands on work? Same question for managing the rehab.
What if your SD IRA owns part of the property but you provide property man...
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I've been researching REI for awhile and am convinced it's a good investment. My wife isn't sold, and she has fair and valid concerns about the risk.
We are financially stable with no debt besides mortgage, on pace f...
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Though I do a fair amount of reading of the real estate market, I must admit that I don't keep in touch with domains such as real estate investment trusts. I understand the REITs (as they are called) could be a very u...
Hi All, I am a 29 yo male currently employed in a relatively stable job ($100,000/yr). I'm not focused on saving a lot right now and basically, just put money towards my 401k (10%) and am aggressively paying down/off ...
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My wife and I currently have three Ally savings accounts:
1). Emergency fund (4 months or so)
2). Investment savings (automatic contributions each pay period and dedicated to investments outside of our Roth/401k’s)
2...
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I have networked with several people who are interested and willing to loan private funds. I will be meeting with them this week, to go over what it is we are doing with the capital and details of mutual goals and int...