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Hello,My goal is to purchase my first rental property (non-local) in 2017. I have just reached my emergency savings goal, now I want to save as much as I can for a down payment. Except for my emergency fund, all of m...
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Aloha BP!Can a federal employee transfer their TSP funds into a self-directed IRA? Or would there have to be a transfer from the TSP account to a traditional IRA then into a SDIRA? I'm trying to explore my financial o...
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My wife and I are looking to purchase this fixer upper for our PRIMARY residence as our first property.We initially wanted to do a house hack but this opportunity came up. The home is about 50% higher then what we wer...
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I am considering buying a lot to build a home in a new development. I don't know if I will eventually be the long-term owner but I want to build it that way. I have a current home and the thought of getting a more t...
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This would apply to a BRRRR, Buy and Hold property strategy-- Anyone use a HELOC, (interest only) for a BRRRR with success for a multi-year length of time?Seems that with a HELOC and positive cashflow, payments would ...
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Hi, I've gotten myself into a big pickle by taking a distribution out of my IRA believing that if I transferred the money from my traditional IRA to my Self Directed that I could spend it on Real Estate penalty free, ...
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I have a few friends that are interested in purchasing Real Estate together. We are all having a problem putting together the funds to complete our next deal by ourselves, so we are planning on buying together. Two of...
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One of the biggest challenges that real estate investors struggle with is funding their deals. There are many options to gain capital to finance real estate investment properties, however, not all investors are able t...
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Hi all, Question for you seasoned investors/landlords: I understand finance is typically the way to go if the desire is to scale up to more rentals. However, my situation might be a tad different. My siblings and I...