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Bare with me, this is my first blog ever. I was recently blessed with the purchase of my current home. It appraised at $575K and we paid approx. $527K. We put down about $21K and financed $506K. (It is a VA backed ...
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Hey there BP Community, I have been investing in real estate for about 5 years and have acquired 5 properties. A couple of them were house hacked and we currently live a duplex right now and with no out of pocket mor...
I have been reading about advantages of using self directed ira/ solo k. What I dont understand is that for an inherited Ira, how does this work with the changes in the Secure act? I must deplete my account by the end...
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Question..... Does anybody know if a bank will qualify a sponsor that has the net worth but does not have a schedule of real estate? I'm wondering if I could use a family member with a high net worth on my larger mul...
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Read through the forums but looking for current advice on a strong argument for choosing rentals over non-qualified stocks over the long term. The biggest differences I can see would be the rental 1031 to avoid taxes ...
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I know at this point I need a CPA. I'm seeking advice what to do after my flips to remain on uncle SAMs good side without killing my liquidity. All advice is appreciated , I'm sure there are many members in my same bo...
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I'm data driven, and would like to make the decision to purchase another property based on numbers (verses a 'gut feeling'). While I know it's a great time to purchase an investment property, I'm unsure if I'm in fina...
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What price range should a first-time investor look for and where did you start and how did you start
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A friend and I have started an LLC to begin real estate investing. We plan to flip houses to start and eventually branch out into different forms of real estate investments. We are approved for a HELOC of $100,000, bu...
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Hi BP,im looking into the best ways to start investing and what experienced people would do right now.if you had 10K where would you invest it today? how would you invest it? what strategies would you use?thank you!