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The Small Business Development Initiative (SBDI) offers a minimum of $100,000 to assist small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs for starting and growing small businesses. According to the United States Small Busin...
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Here is my situation. My conventional loan is 172,900 - it appraised for $190k and "off the record phone call from the appraiser to my broker" the appraiser mentioned that all the houses in the area are going f...
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A few years ago I converted a few 401K's into one self-directed/checkbook IRA. I setup an LLC that facilitates the financial transactions on behalf of the IRA.I recently purchased a vacation rental via the LLC, from ...
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I am sure this is a common problem for self-employed individuals and I am hopeful to get some guidance from the folks on the board who have been where I am right now. I am at a point in my business life were I am ...
Hi,
I know someone who wants to lend me money from his retirement account.
I have suggested that he set up a self-directed IRA, which could then put his money into an escrow account, where he could basi...
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Hi Guys,
I ran across this site - it looks pretty powerful to me.
Curious as to everyone's thoughts. It's free for 7 days
provided you donate $1.00 to charity, but overall, it
seems to me like another great way t...
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Hi. I am new to the site and the real estate investing world. I joined a partnership with a couple of buddies and we purchased a property two weeks ago. So far, so good. I am interested in approaching the city abo...
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Hi BP, I'm ready to rollover my IRA to a SDIRA to invest in an out-of-state property. I'm looking into getting a non-recourse loan to fund the rest of the amount. If I am short of the usual 35-40% down, can I always...
Hello all. Hoping some of you may have info or advise that can help.I am going to open up an IRA LLC and Roth IRA LLC in the next few weeks. Does anyone have a custodian and/or Administrator in Southeastern Michigan t...