I haven't hear of this before but the city of Cedar Falls Iowa is implementing a six month ban on home owners turning their house into a rental property.  The ban can be extended for up to a year.  Interesting, seems ...

Let’s talk Note Investing! Most of us learn best through real deals. This is Day #2 of sharing a deal where we can review, dissect and analyze note buying strategies.In addition to making money investing in notes you...

I talked to the always helpful @Dmitriy Fomichenko a while back about SoloKs, SDIRAs and Checkbook LLCs and despite the SoloK being the obvious best choice, I came to the conclusion that since I don't make any schedul...

I saw this in depth analysis of the Zillow Offers product.   This struck me"Going back to Exhibit 4, renovation, holding, and selling costs have averaged 3.0%, 0.9%, and 4.5% of sales so far, leaving a return before f...

We can agree that credit is tight in the current mortgage climate, right? Even for owner occupants with good credit, it would seem that banks are looking for reasons NOT to extend mortgage loans. Of course, investor...

As mentioned in another post, I am doing my research about opening a self-directed Solo 401k.  Sunwest Trust was mentioned here on Bigger Pockets as a no-frills option.  I contacted them and ended up with another ques...

From CNBC article today ....

"Multiple sources now tell me that the Administration, specifically over at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is considering ways to get more investors into the housing ma...

any recommendaions forsolo self-directed IRA and fees in Orange Ca

Hi - I have been doing research on self-directed IRAs and SoloK's. I would like to either roll-over a 401K from a former employer into a SoloK or self-directed IRA or start one.Here's what I want to know, has anyone d...

I looked at an interesting but complicated fsbo, multi property yesterday and I'm considering an offer.

It was built as a 6 unit with 2, 1/1's underground, with legal egress windows in the bedrooms. It has th...