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Brook W. Buying Property This Year, Selling Stocks for Down Payment Next Year?
4 October 2013 | 4 replies

I am seeking any ideas for how to defer my tax liability for selling stocks in order to make a down payment. I have found a property that looks good and I would like to buy.

I have already sold stocks for the...

William Coet Real Estate or Stocks. Same ROI, Which is Better For Taxes?
12 April 2021 | 24 replies

If a RE investment and Stock investment return the same amount of ROI over a 15 year period and then sold which is the better investment?  Assuming a 1031 is not used (they may not exist in 15 years), do certain struc...

Mikhailangelo L. Invest in 401k/Stocks or go ALL IN on real estate???
8 October 2020 | 13 replies

Am I stupid to consider pausing my stocks/401k (my company does NOT match) investing and throw that extra capital at real estate?
Right now I can get to 10x OOS TK (SFH) properties in 5 years while investing in stoc...

Account Closed Bank of America says this time it's "Real". Stocks will crash
5 December 2020 | 0 replies

The ever cheerful Bank of America says "as BofA CIO Michael Hartnett writes, the past 10 months have been an unprecedented "Greatest Of All Time" (GOAT) blur: pandemic/crash/lockdown/recession... all culminating in th...

Rick Meloni Conventional IRA in Stock Market vs Self Direction IRA in notes
2 January 2017 | 6 replies

Ok Note investors I would like to hear what part (percent) of your IRA is invested in the Stock Market and what part (percent) is invested in notes with a Self Directed IRA and your thoughts on diversification vs all ...

Andrew L. Should I take out loan against my stocks for down payment?
17 February 2021 | 14 replies

Hi, I am a first time homebuyer and would like to buy a primary home for myself. However, I am stock-rich, cash-poor. So I've been looking for ways to get around capital gains tax from my stock portfolio. I did a quic...

William Coet Tax Difference: 8% Real Estate ROI to 8% Stock Market ROI.
17 September 2022 | 17 replies

Hello,
Which one wins on a 30 year horizon?
When looking at a long term real estate investment (approximately a 30 year rental property hold) that returns 8% annually compared to the stock market that returns an ave...

Kyron Martinez Using equity from my stocks to apply for a FHA loan
31 December 2021 | 1 reply

Hello BP this is my first ever post and I'm ready to start my real estate investment journey. My goal is to house hack a multifamily property in the Greater New Haven area of Connecticut. I plan on doing this with a F...

Matt R. If you maintain property yourself, what spare parts do you stock?
1 March 2016 | 16 replies

Hello all!If you manage and maintain your own properties, what spare parts do you stock?What I have in mind are things that might make the house "unlivable", or parts that can be used to at least make the house safe o...

Ryan Jones $200k equity in home 2.75% int. rate - HELOC for stock investing?
5 February 2018 | 7 replies

We put $200k down on our home two years ago, 15 year 2.75% fixed rate. (really for peace of mind because I know I could earn more elsewhere)  However, unless Trump is impeached this year, the stock market will probabl...