Michael Plaks
End-of-Year tax planning: Roth conversion 101
I just finished EOY tax planning sessions with my clients, and Roth conversion was one of the topics. It reminded me how confused most investors are about Roth and prompted me to write this long post. Since Roth-relat...
Jason Xenakis
How do you effectively choose a real estate agent: The Real, Real Estate Agents?
Hello folks. First post. Happy to be here. My wife and I decided to start out of state rental investing in Columbus Ohio. How can one, who has only rudimentary knowledge in real estate without any boots on ground exp...
Rich Weese
College football weekly update
OK- Everyone knows I root for the underdog (namely non BCS teams) and my heart belongs to BYU. Good weekend.
BYU holds Univ Wash and Heisman candidate Jake Locker to 17 points and zero in 2nd half. This is with a...
Richard Green
Owner finance mobile home questions.
I'm wanting to get into owner financing mobile homes and have a couple questions. 1. Is it a good idea to owner finance a mobile home including the land or owner finance just the mobile home and lot rent the land? 2. ...
Lucas LeBlanc
Help evaluating a deal! What am I missing?
Hello everyone! We have a deal that we are evaluating and need some thoughts/feedback on what we could be missing or looking at incorrectly. The numbers are great, but there are a few risks involved too.Looking for th...
Rich Weese
$200,000 to invest. Your chance to help in the decision
I'm bored to death sitting in Quito. That is in Ecuador, on a LONG flight delay. I just put a deal together to sell a foreign property I wasn't counting on and it should net a fair amount. Â Â Â I've always tried to ...
You dream of retiring early, but you’re stuck in the “middle-class trap.” You’ve built up a solid net worth, maybe own a rental property or two, and on paper, you look like you’re on track to make it rich. But in real...
Matthew Gentile
How do the numbers make sense?
As an agent, I have been seeing insane numbers being offered on properties where there is no way the rents can possibly make sense.I'm curious how people are spending so much on multi-family properties, especially in ...
Eddie Ziv
What is happening to the "Family Value" republicans?
First it was the U.S. senator from Nevada John Ensign and now it's South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford who boarded the hypocrisy train.
I, for one think that whatever you do behind closed door as long it's involve only ...
Shawn Hughes
Guidance on becoming a Note investor
I'm new around here. For the past several months I have been reading all I can get my hands, now I am reaching out for wisdom and guidance. For someone who is interested in walking the path of becoming the bank. What ...