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Account Closed When to give up the 9-5 job?
5 August 2010 | 17 replies

I don't know if this is in the right place or not. My question is when were you able to give up your job and just take care of your properties full time? Is there some rule of thumb to use in determining when you shou...

Alecia Bolton Note Investing: Passive Income & Taxes
18 February 2021 | 10 replies

In another thread, @Chris Seveny and @Tracy Z. Rewey mentioned that investing for passive income in notes (performing notes/monthly cash flow) isn't great from a tax perspective, and you should use that in a tax defer...

Cam Jimmy Borrowing from your 401k question!
9 March 2018 | 7 replies

I've been aware of the strategy of using your 401k to borrow money from to buy real estate for some time now. You can borrow up to $50k and pay interest to yourself... got it...awesome. However, in my area the houses ...

Neil S. 401(k)aos for Early Financial Freedom
15 December 2017 | 7 replies

Today I finished the book 401(k)aos by Andy Tanner. I will be graduating college and starting a full time job in the spring of 2018, and with that brings starting a retirement plan with a potential employer. I underst...

Karen Margrave NAR Guidelines -Realtors, Contractors, Home Inspectors, Title
23 March 2020 | 2 replies

The NAR (National Association of Realtors) just sent out this communication to Realtors yesterday, Saturday the 21st. It covers various concerns of real estate agents, MFR property owners, Mortgage lenders, etc. 
For...

Cecilia Arnulphi Can I buy publicly trader stocks out of my SDIRA?
1 February 2017 | 5 replies

I'm interested in buying a few shares of stock and I just contacted my SDIRA and they put all kind of restrictions. "For starters, the stocks must be in form of a private placement (not publicly traded). The company ...

Luke Fortner Financing during COVID-19
6 May 2020 | 0 replies

Hey friends! So I was just recently laid off from my job because of Covid-19. During this time I have decided to go into real estate investing full time. I have a few investors currently but my main problem is now sin...

Stephen N. Do i have to pay self employment tax on flips?
31 October 2015 | 51 replies

I just read a post where someone said you may have to pay SET on income from flips. Is that true?

Jeff Chisum Bad Information around 10% down
10 February 2022 | 38 replies

So much bad and misinterpreted information around Fannie Mae 10% down Second Home Occupancy financing.  I talk to about 100 people a month interested in this space.  My biggest opportunity in these conversations is to...

Lisa Mason Home Office Deduction: Schedule E VS Schedule C
14 November 2023 | 14 replies

I've sort of got this question floating out on another thread, but I want to directly ask:As a landlord with 3 rental properties I maintain a dedicated home office.  This is the first year I will be claiming the deduc...