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I want to house hack to decrease my living expenses with my ultimate goal being financial independence. I was under contract for a duplex - I was planning on living on a 2 bed 1 bath side and rent out the 3 bed 1 bat...
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Dear All,I am new to REI, and have been researching optimal investment strategy for me and my family. If we invest in cash flow property, after taking the depreciation tax benefit, the positive rental income will stil...
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Our family is currently in another country and is moving to Los Angeles Ca in June~July. We will be selling our apartment here and after taxes will have about 2 million in USD. We want to invest in RE for CF but after...
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Hi Everyone, I am a aspiring investor -mostly interested in rental properties. I am hoping to make my first purchase in about 6 months using an FHA loan on a multifamily property. However, I recently moved to the Bay...
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Anyone here listen to the Lab Coat Agents podcast? I was listening to one this morning (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...) and the guy was talking about putting your money into whole life insurance company's general ...
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I want to build equity with my primary home as soon as possible. And I came across a method using HELOC to reduce the interest paid to the mortgage. Does any one have experience with it?
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I'm wrestling with cashing out my 401k and I'm wondering if this is something I should do with mine and my wife's 401k. The purpose would be to push it into real estate. Total we have about 70k in our collective 401k....
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I looked up a lot of properties through Zillow, and used the bigger pockets calculator to analyze it. The results surprised me, so basically properties which are expensive than 300k are not making cash flow. And the o...
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Has anyone on this forum had experience with this company? Paradigm Life claims to use Whole Life Insurance Policies as a financial tool and since i trust this community, I am reaching out to get some referrals.
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Might be a little long winded but I don’t really know who else to ask and there seems to be a lot of knowledgeable individuals on here. Anyways, I’m looking for someone to tell me if my strategy is flawed, sound or co...