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Hello Everyone. Im new to the forum and loving it. Im an electrician by trade and plan on taking my general contractor license next month. Ive done many jobs for investors and after many years I finally decided to bui...
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I'm happy to join what seems to be such a positive online community and am looking forward to networking with others - especially those in Virginia. I am voraciously reading and am sure I'll learn tons from everyone h...
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I plan to pay 150k cash for sfh. My plan was to close with existing sub s corp on title. After rented finance out. Will this affect me when trying to finance 80 percent of appraisal out in a couple of months? It shoul...
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It's 6:15 in the morning and I have been lurking this site for a few days and finally signed up to be a part of this community! I'm already learning so much. I'm glad to be here.I want to start my REI journey, somethi...
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I'm in process of setting up self directed Ira acct either with equity trust or broad financial. Equity Trust charges very high yearly fee plus different fees for different services. So which company is better? Looki...
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I am looking for some initial advice (prior to hearing from my CPA) concerning the use of a self directed 401k to purchase and operated a multifamily real estate unit. My primary question is one of "business" or "com...
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Hi, I'm just starting out as an independent landlord and have found the maintenance requests and sourcing of qualified maintenance people difficult. Is there a tool or service that can help me find people quickly? Rig...
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As part of my ideology that education should be free, I will be making a monthly post (if not more often) related to real estate, because a better educated society results in better social and economic opportunities f...
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For anyone with small children and a high income or net worth I thought I would share this article:529 Plans: The Benefits of SuperfundingApparently you can pre-fund $70k ($14k annual limit * 5) for college in a 529 p...
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If a property is purchased using a Self-Directed IRA, and is retained as rental property, can that property be financed out of the IRA into the company/owner's name with payback of the funds drawn on the IRA? What ru...