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Hi BP community. I own a single family and as my first house a.k.a 'mistake house' I'm sure experiencing a steep learning curve. I house hacked, then land-lorded and am now out of state so I'm officially a long distan...
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I must admit that I struggle with bookkeeping . I always say that I'll do better on the next project or next year. This drives my husband nuts. One of my 2015 goals is to improve in this area. My strategy is to tackle...
Last week I was having a conversation with my dad about retirement. Like most people, the majority of his retirement investments are done via his 401k. I came away from that conversation thinking, “If I was in his pos...
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I live in NY, I own a home that I live in, and it has a decent size mortgage as you can imagine. I was looking out of state for rental properties, in a particular area, looking to make contacts to explore the feas...
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Hi my name is Elliott. This is my first post here. I've been saving and educating myself over the past couple years and am about ready to make my first investment in a rental property to help on my way to financial fr...
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I bought a home in Norfolk VA in September 2021. I lived there for 3 weeks and then had to move back to Fredericksburg VA for a multitude of family issues. Since December of 2021, it’s been rented out consistently. Th...
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So, a while back I posted a question about having multiple investors all making small investments to my LLC. That sounds like it's really hard to set up because of the SEC rules.
I have a different idea I wanted to ...
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well.... we just got denied for another loan...DTI ratio too high for me and my hubby. I'm starting to get discouraged. I wish I would have found this site years ago or read rich dad poor dad. Too many credit cards......
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Currently I do not have any IRA / 401k, and I have been looking at starting and depositing into one before tax day deadline for 2011.
I have previously just bought stocks and/or mutual funds
However, the more I think...
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Rental amount $1175/month with $1000 depositClients Financials : Husband - $2500/month before taxWife - $355/month in child support. Stay at home mom (they have 3 kids. Age 2, 6, and 8)They own 2 vehicles (07 Chrysler...