Michael Hawrylak
Ideas for Funding First Project
Good Morning BiggerPockets Community,I am new to Real Estate Investing. I grew up watching my father buy, renovate, and rent out properties. When I was a young kid he had 13 total rental properties, all Duplex's al...
Robert Tanaka
Successful experiences with Self Directed IRA for buy and hold
I am in my fifties and have some $$ available in an IRA. In the process of shifting some money into an SDI to diversify and have passive income as part of my retirement strategy. I already have 2 single home rental ...
Pat Bahn
Has anyone analyzed the balance sheet of Equity Trust Company?
I'm not much of an accountant, not like a real CPA but, i was wondering, I went and looked at opening an account at Equity trust company www.trustetc.com. SO as part of due diligence, I asked them for documentation a...
Joey Cassera
Hiring 7yo son as household employee
I am looking to hire my 7yo son as a household employee. Mainly Supervising his 2 year old sister while were home so we can complete tasks such as cooking and laundry.
I do not own a business. Am I able to do this ou...
Brandon White
Can't Afford Down Payments? Need Advice
Hello! My name is Brandon, i'm from Canada and i'm new to real estate investing. As I do more and more research on people who have acquired multiple investment properties in a reasonable amount of time I have to wonde...
Jeffrey Mcintyre
LLC's and Self-directed IRA's
Good afternoon BP members,Question:I found an opportunity to invest in a Real Estate property. However I would like to do this via a Self-Directed IRA account.Would I need to create a separate LLC for the Self-Directe...
Charles Brown
Fix and Flip Calculator use of IRA Funds
When using the fix and flip calculator where would I capture repayment of IRA funds used to cover rehab costs? For example, if I plan to use $20,000 from my IRA to cover some rehab costs, where does that get recorded...
Traci Austin
Modular Homes? Any one know about them...pros and cons
Does any one know about modular homes. The pros and cons.. we found a piece of raw land and are wanting to build a ranch. My partner thinks we should just put a modular home on the land to live in and resale after a f...
Ronald Perich
Screening is critical - How close I came to a dangerous felon
OK, alleged felon.I bought a nine-unit complex a few months back and it came with some interesting residents. Many of them are good people who put up with an inattentive owner. The previous owner was in her eighties a...
Jason Staine
Self directed 401k plan
Hi BP,We are looking to rollover a sep IRA and a roth IRA into a self directed 401k or solo 401k. Had anyone used companies like etrade or td ameritrade? If not what other options would you reccomend