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...

Someone sent me this email so I wanted to post it less as much of the political spin as I could subtract as possible to get a sense for how much of it is accurate. Here are taxes that will be coming for 2011 accordin...

The question for you all... would you rather purchase a property that earns you positive cash flow month over month but very low property value appreciation or a property that barely breaks even every month with great...

Thought I'd put this out here for any serious opinions. When a fund deploys investor money that comes from an IRA or employee benefit plan or pension plan, that money is ERISA eligible and possibly subject to the 25% ...

Hello all,

I am a beginner just starting to get my feet wet in real estate investing. I was toying with the idea of rolling over my IRA (which was rolled over from my old company's 401(k)). I found this compa...

I felt like this would be a great topic for BP's Pros and Newbies to discuss.With $20,000 in cash and $20,000 in debt (Existing loan on a rental property @4.75%)Would you use the $20,000 to purchase another property o...

I am working on building a list of self-directed IRA companies. Here is what I have so far:

1. Entrust
2. Equity Trust
3. Pensco
4. Sterling
5. UDirect
6. Asset Exchange Strategies
7. American Pension Service...

Hi Everyone!I am working on a project and I am interested in hearing from all who have achieved financial freedom from real estate. - What are your ultimate goals/What else do you want to accomplish?- How do you spend...

I was wondering if I could get some advice from people who know something about finance and investments.I think most people on BP know that if done properly investing in real estate brings better returns then the stoc...

Hi,  I'm a newbie to the industry, hoping to buy my first rental property this year.  I'm considering using money from my 401k as a downpayment on an FHA loan.  I want to househack a multi-family and live in it for a ...