I recently rolled my old 403B over into an IRA as I wanted to use the money to trade in the stock market myself. Can I use IRA money towards buying a house? If yes, what company would allow me to do that? If not, what...

Hello BP, just having some true issues with getting my feet off of the ground and started. I just finished my RE class and took my exam but haven't taken a salesperson position yet so I don't have my license yet but I...

I have a guy thats wants to lease option everything to me.

I may sandwhich lease some other of his commercial properties, but not sure yet. Either way, im working cooperative lease options with the seller and...

This is not really in order but this is a list of things I did in order to get to about 8 wholesale deals, 1 Flip, 5 listings all in 6 months time! Not a record but it is a great start. Praise God for giving me the op...

I am negotiating for small apartment complexes in Oakland. The rents are down at least 20% now. There are more supply of deals. It is possible to break even and be slightly cash flow positive with a 25% financing for ...

(Updated version for all BiggerPockets members to enjoy.)If one portfolio manager forecasts a return of 20% on a real estate investment and another one forecasts a return of 15%, which one is the better choice?Answer:...

We just had one of our investor partners send us this article.  Not sure she realized that by today's standard this article from March 2013 is  old news but I thought it would be interesting to see what those of you i...

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I've been reading and saving diligently to make my first transaction. My investment goal is to secure some passive income through real estate on a cash flow basis. I have focused my studies on residential ...

Hello BP,
We are looking to do a cash out refi on one of our SFR's and reallocate that cash into a downpayment on an additional property. We are Fannie / Freddied out so we will be looking to move into the non-QM sp...

Many activities associated with real estate have characteristics of both "investing" and "business". Certainly a passive investor in a real estate limited partnership is an investor. A real estate broker acting as a...