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Aside from professional services, (I have a real estate lawyer, financial advisor, realtor, still looking for better CPA) what were the 3 best investments that you made in your early business model?
Software, employe...
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Nice to meet you-I'm Sean
I live in Chicago with my wife and two young kids.
When not with my family, I run a highly niche real estate fund. We buy single family homes in highly elite school districts, and then r...
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Investment Info:
Other hard money loan investment.
Purchase price: $95,000
Cash invested: $140,000
Sale price: $525,000
I own the 1.2 acres outright including the adjoining 17+acres, utilities to...
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Hello Bigger Pockets CFL community. I am looking into the STR and STR/bonus appreciation strategy as a way to offset W2/short term income. Since the market pre-May 2022 just is not comparable anymore I am interested i...
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If you know more than they do, why are you using them? Is it because you like and trust them? Don't you think you deserve more? Would you be better off if you were confident they had the knowledge and expertise you de...
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I have been trying to learn about asset protection and have been talking to Anderson Advisors in NV and another lawyer in ID about setting up a structure for our multifamily complexes here in Utah. Both of them are sa...
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Hello 401K gurus and Tax Specialists! I have a couple questions I haven't found eslewhere.I'm considering a partnership of some sort with another landscape contractor. We are unsure how to structure the arrangement. I...
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A financial advisor has told me about using a Single Premium Immediate Annuity (SPIA) as a vehicle to lower my capital gains with the sale of my rental property. It is to be setup as a structured allotment sale over ...
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Hello,
My husband and I have been working on a business plan and are working with an SBA business advisor to get prepare it for a loan application. I know they look at your full financial situation but but do they ba...
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Hello,
My husband and I have been working on a business plan and are working with an SBA business advisor to get prepare it for a loan application. I know they look at your full financial situation but but do they ba...