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Hello everyone,I am in dire need of some guidance. Here are the logistics:Trying to acquire an owner-occupied 2-family using my FHA loan.Mortgage company rejected me because:My job is 2 hours from the propertyI work ...
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Could some help me out to understand this. I saw somewhere in one of the forums last night about this. Correct me if I am wrong but you use you IRA or 401k as collateral without actually move monies from it?
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I have been trying to educate myself on the advantages of a Self-directed IRA vs Roth IRA. My curiosity was peaked when I listened to a Podcast recently about a gentlemen that purchases "investment properties" with h...
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I am extremely curious about moving my old 401K (prior employer) into an account to start low level lending, note investing, etc. I would like to see if anyone has experience doing this and how it has been so far. Wh...
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HI Everyone! My wife and I have some money in our IRAs and was thinking about using it to invest in real estate. Looking for any recommendations for custodians in AZ that specialize in self directed IRA's for real est...
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Hello BP,I am interested in switching my 401K over to a self-directed IRA. Does anyone on BP know how this process works?
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I've read that its best to flip houses through an S-corp since money made from flips counts as ordinary income.
Problem is, the only business entity I have is the LLC used to hold my buy and hold properties.
This ...
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Hi Everyone!!!I am very new to this investment world and I've been reading about creative funding. I came across the option of using a Self-directed IRA and I wanted to get your thoughts on what do you think about us...
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I am just wondering if anyone has thought of the ramifications to the rental market should one, two or possibly 3 of these (Aetna, Cigna, The Hartford) major employers leave the state of CT? I am looking at rental pro...
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I have been investing 401K funds through a self-directed DB plan in my company for a while, but now I have different 401K money coming in and wondering who uses retirement accounts with traditional stocks and who is i...