Jimmy C.
Why do we pay higher than taxes than most countries?
I was listening to talk radio today and they discussed corporate tax rates. I was surprised to learn that our country pays some of the highest in Corporate taxes in the World. Of course they were talking about how e...
Richard Warren
Does the house of cards begin to collapse?
Social Security is about to begin paying out more than it takes in.
Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_social_security_ious
Since the Social Security Trust Fund is nothing but a bunch of IOUs, how long will it ...
Hament Raju Mahajan
Self directing IRA money using QRP- Qualified Retirement plan
Currently I use Self Directed IRA custodians (Pensco and others) to be able to use my IRA funds for investment in Secured Notes. At times it becomes a time consuming effort to deploy funds to a deal.
I am s...
Russell Gronsky
Trouble selling my renovated flip house
So just like the title of this post says, I finished the renovation of a house. I put it on the market, admittedly, for more than it is worth, and I had a few tire kickers but no offers. 4 months later, I am now at 5k...
Kyle Longacre
1031 Exchange for $4M: Where to buy and how many units?
I have a client about to enter into a 1031 and I need to find a cash-flowing investment, ideally almost turn key and low headache. I’ve mostly checked out Cleveland and Vegas but he may want to stay in CA. Where would...
Jason Gutierrez
Realistic ROI paying all cash on an out-of-state turnkey
Hi everyone,BP newbie and first post in the forums. I live in Orange County, CA and am looking to buy my first buy-and-hold rental property. I've been looking outside of Southern California as I have not been able to ...
Brian Oberg
Raising Rent: Good idea or bad business practice
We currently own three investment properties (SFR) and looking to expand that by at least 4 this year. We have always held it to be a good business practice to not raise rent on current tenants when the renew their l...
Cody Evans
Wholesale Marketing Technique (Rank order of effectiveness)
Hi everyone,I am narrowing down my ways that I wanted to get started in real estate investing. I started thinking about a week ago that a potentially good way to get going is by finding great deals and and selling the...
Mike S.
1% rule way more work and less profit?
Seems impossible to get 1% in booming cities like NY, Boston and San Francisco... in Boston you are lucky now to get 1/2%. Maybe with development you can get 3/4% but its hard. I often think about the places that get...
William S.
Milwaukee is driving me nuts.
Please excuse me for a moment, but Milwaukee is driving me absolutely nuts. I don't understand how you investors make it work here. The properties are in junk condition, your property taxes are absolutely out of contr...