Someone I know is and will be having a hard time being able to come up with her house payment from here on out. It is apprx. 635/month and is financed through the people who sold it to her, not an institution. It valu...

I wanted to add a second floor on a potential property. I used to have a framing subcontractor license, and would like to do it myself, and the electrical. If I do it, will I have to wait a year to sell it? The owner ...

My friend (seriously) owns 1 paid for primary residence, and 2 rental properties in which his uncle acted as the banker for him on those properties (off the books)So in the banks eyes, all 3 of his properties are full...

Hi BP!
As a few of my fellow BPers know, lots has been going on in my life over the past year or so. I've been in the process of splitting up with my husband/partner. We are on good terms. Everything is fine. He has ...

Thank you to all who have posed over the years the benefits of a Solo 401K vs Self directed  IRA.  Correct me if I am wrong but from what I have read here as a self employed agent with an LLC, a Solo 401k would be a b...

Hello,  I am a beginner here and looking to start my real estate business journey.  I have a property I would like to purchase and now looking how to best finance this. I have some money set aside for down payment etc...

With all this talk about a potential recession coming soon. I'm eager to know if anyone else has thought about pulling out all of their money out of their retirement accounts and going full throttle on real estate inv...

Hi All!
I'm about to close on my first deal on 5/30 in San Diego, CA!!!!
It's a currently occupied duplex, that is rented waaay below market: $1,700/mo, $2000/mo respectively. Other units in the same neighborhood, s...

I own a couple of empty lake lots in my self-directed Roth IRA. Am I allowed to mow the lawn on them? Or maybe doing a little removing of brush by hand? Thank you, Bruce

I'm a newish investor, bought a duplex in San Antonio, TX to house hack last year. Major unexpected repairs meant we only had enough money to fix one unit in 2023, but I anticipate finishing renovations on the second ...