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So my wife and I are giving serious thought to starting a Self Directed IRA with plans to eventually purchase rental property. I haven't really been able to find a concrete, clear, concise breakdown of how it all work...
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I am a real estate investor and have two duplexes that I'm about to buy and flip. I was talking to my sister-in-law (SIL) who is an interior designer the other day. She and I came up with the idea of using her CAD ...
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Dear communityAfter almost 6 years being a landlord I am facing for the first time a tenant that is not paying the rent and not responding to phone call, text message and even a letter placed at his door.I have writte...
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Next month this entire house will be my canvas and my goal is to turn this ugly house in to a families beautiful home. I would love your input as to what would you do with this house for each of the rooms (bathrooms, ...
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Hi everyone, I am wondering what everyone thinks of this scenerio. One is near retirement has around 200k cash waiting to be invested and the ability to take out a mortgage up to 1M. What would you do with respect to ...
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Benefits of being a RE Investor and having a license? Would it be better to get a license before directly getting into investing?
Can you really get a legitimate license from online classes compared to c...
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If you've been around these forums a while you may remember @Justin Goodin of Next Level Equity. He used to troll these waters for suckers very hard until I found out that his claimed experience and transaction histor...
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Hey fellow BPers, I'm new to BP and to real estate. I had a discussion today with a mentor from the Doug Hopkins real estate program and they have a mentorship program where for one year I will have weekly calls with ...
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I'm in los angeles california and i found out today one of my military tenant has 2 guns with him.... this is very scary for me... i still have 2 rooms to rent.. for the new people coming in can i put a clause in ther...
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I'm a first time home buyer (in NJ), and shortly after attorney's review I had buyer's remorse. I made a poor decision and rushed to put in an offer due to pressure from my agent. I met with a bank's mortgage speciali...