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Joshua Dorkin Stop Paying the Mortgage and Get Bailed Out Too!
8 November 2008 | 79 replies

Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:

a) Get "bailed out"
b) Renegotiate my loa...

Rylan Zwanziger Wealth Ability- formerly ProVision - Tom Wheelwright
28 February 2024 | 63 replies

I'm looking into some better guidance into tax planning and a new CPA as I grow my real estate business.   Has anyone worked with Tom Wheelwright's ProVIsion or now Wealth Ability?  I had a consultation with them and ...

Tom Bud Tax Help on Fix and Flips
19 February 2015 | 45 replies

Hey everyone, Wanted to hear the communities response to this;Brand new r/e investor, going to do a fix and flip. Does anybody have any interesting tax strategies in respect to this whole process? (buying, selling and...

Wes Burk Why should a seller short sale?
8 March 2010 | 29 replies

Facts as per CAR attorneys:
1. FICO impacts are the same on SS and foreclosures
2. Banks will seldom if ever relinquish their right to recover on deficiencies
3. There will likely be tax consequences with SS and th...

Scott W. the danger of a 401k loan
18 April 2016 | 77 replies

I'm sure it's been discussed before but I'd like to tell something I see (correct if I'm wrong):a 401k loan should be among the last resorts for borrowing. reason being is you pay it back AFTER taxes.  if you live in ...

Kalman G Szabo Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax Payment for a sheriff sale property
3 June 2020 | 49 replies

Dear Fellow BPers,
Here is the gist of a recent sheriff sale acquisition that I would need some help with and it might be educational to some of you.
I acquired the property at a PA Sheriff sale through a mortgage f...

Ryan Dossey Direct Mail = Police Report
7 August 2015 | 97 replies

Man people are nuts.... Seriously. I make it stupid easy to get off my list. Send me a text or call. No big deal. "Hello Mr. Dossey. This is officer ***** with the ********** police Department. There's a woman up here...

Scott E. Preparing to capitalize on the next market collapse
3 August 2023 | 71 replies

Every day I spend some time in the morning getting up to speed on the latest state of the real estate market by reading various news outlets, listening to economists, looking at data around inflation/inventory/rates, ...

Abdul R. QE3 and Real Estate - Your thoughts
19 September 2012 | 42 replies

As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...

Bryan Hancock Deduction of Interest on Home Mortgage on the Chopping Block?
14 July 2010 | 38 replies

I have seen several articles claiming that the deductibility of interest for your primary residence is on the chopping block to close our budget gap.

Does anyone know what is happening with this? Who is pushing th...