Joseph E.
Nothing but Good Options, (but which one?!)
We bought a house in North Virginia in 2019 with a VA loan for $510,000 and zero down, at 2.875%. We lived there for 3 years and then got stationed overseas in Japan. We have been able to rent it out with zero vacanci...
Brandon Holtzinger
401K at work or rental property?
I was listening to the Lifestyles podcast and he said that people investing in real estate should not invest into their works 401K but invest in rental properties. Lets just throw an example out there. If you were loo...
Shafi Noss
Tax Questions: What are the Tax Benefits for Passive Investors?
Hi everyone, I've been trying to puzzle through the tax situation for passive investors and thought I'd ask you all for help.
It seems like the main incentives are depreciation and capital gains. An LP using depreci...
Scott Baker
Getting our feet wet
My wife and I just inherited 50% of a family homestead when her father passed away here in Spokane in March. We are new to the idea of a rental and trying to gauge our ability to execute on it. The house is paid off...
Nathan Herber
Solo 401/SD IRA, vs Cash Out, vs Whole Life Insurance
Hi Bigger Pockets Community! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.
So, I am going down the rabbit hole of researching moving my 401k and my wife's 403b from a former employer to a Solo 401k and...
Matthew Sutton
Cash out refinance - Texas
Okay, so my business partner is stuck on a subject, and I need some help explaining it. Looking at a property at 100K that needs 30K worth of repairs for an ARV of 150K. We plan on renting it out for around $1,350/m...
Ryan Wydler
The McDonald's Model
I've been reading the 4-hour work week and it talks about building a 'Muse', a system that passively generates income for you (usually in the form of a product that can be easily/quickly manufactured).
It got me thi...
Jonathan Watson
HELOC vs Cash Out Refinance vs Stocks
With the approach of our 4th child (!) this October, I decided it was high time I diversify my family's investments. So, I started down the path of learning about REI, and have been immersing myself in it for the las...
John L Daly
retirement plan IRA, 401K plans witch is best
what's better whole life insurance , IRA, 401k? for contributing to long term ?
Alan Grobmeier
Where are YOU looking to park your money?
For those of you that think we are back in a bubble: Have you sold any of your places into the 'increase'? If so, where did you 'park' your cash?My issue is that between my wife & I we have sold 3 houses this ye...