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Ok - Looks like the NY Post called the election for Obama . . . seems like the rest of the nets are tiptoing around it. So, I'll stand behind the Post and call it for Obama.
[UPDATE - It is official - McCain is in ...
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I would like to get opinions to help me determine my best financial options.I am 59 and last year was forced into retirement and also got divorced. My settlement was a single family home I purchased for $295,000 in t...
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I understand you can’t do any work on a property your IRA owns. What if you have a portion of that property owned by a LLC? Can you argue you are doing work for the LLC portion?
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HOA's have figured out new victims to fleece, the flipper. In Arizona I have watched HOA fees climb to absurd amounts. Recently legislation was put into place to limit their transfer fees to $400, but as expected they...
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I have recently thought about getting a loan from my 401k to buy an investment property. What I learned is I can pay a $50 fee and have 4% interest rate. The interest I pay goes directly back in to the 401k. In essenc...
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I have searched for a while before posing this question, but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.I recently put my latest flipping project under contract and have been going back and forth on whether to keep ...
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So the question that just popped into my head goes like this.Why aren't squatters and tenants who are knowingly staying and forcing you to evict them ever held liable and or charged with a crime?I know in the court sy...
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A plea to my community of Real Estate Investors: Can we drop the term "Passive Income"??? It seems to me to have negative connotations and to promote negative impressions of the business and its practitioners! I...
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I want to get a head start in real estate but I don't exactly have a nice big income. I make almost 20k a year and have about 12k in savings. I can save pretty easy right now because I do not have many expenses.One of...
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Unemployment claims are inching down, the economy’s Q2 numbers were revised up a bit, and the sentiment in the articles I see all point to a recovery. Is this election propaganda or are we actually seeing what will...