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SDIRA or Cash Out My 401(k) – Help Me Decide (long post!)
Here’s my dilemma. I have ~$150k in an employer 401(k). My job ends at the end of February. After that my and my husband’s plan is to invest in multifamily rental properties, reinvesting all of the profits as we go in...
Cory Damon
$30k Cash: Pay down mortgage or use to invest?
#askBPI have $30k saved and ready to use. Is there an advantage to using this to pay down my current (primary) mortgage and then getting an equity line of credit, or should I use this strictly as investment capital? ...
Jon Klaus
Month to month vs. 12 month lease
I know some of you are only doing month to month leases for flexibility and control. But what do you do if you have a really good prospective tenant who "needs" a longer term? Perhaps they just left their last renta...
Gabrielle E.
Requesting to AirBnB a Landlord's Property
I'm trying come up with the best strategy for finding landlords who would be interested in allowing me to rent their property to AirBnB tenants. The owner would benefit from the relationship because I would ensure the...
Keith Jourdan
Appraised value question
I often see homes advertised "50k appraised at 65k". Just an example. So does that mean one can buy the house for 50k then take more equity out of the property then 50k he used to buy it?? im confused here.
Chris John
Help understanding the 1031 process
Hello allMy brother and I have created a complicated mess with our real estate transactions over the past decade. We're now trying to clean things up via an LLC. Currently, we have some houses in California that we'...
Reinaldo Lopez
The death of office space
If companies start telling workers to start working from their homes and office buildings start going empty, how would this affect the residential and rental markets? How communities will spread out of the cities cong...
Michael Storch
House Hacking Vs. Live-n-Flip
Hello All,
This is my first post on BP and it comes after I just finished reading "How to Invest in Real Estate" by Josh and Brandon. I have narrowed down my potential real estate interests to either house hacking ...
Roxanne McCallister
Need feedback on first analysis
This is my first time analyzing property and would appreciate some feedback on my analysis. I have an email out to realtor for the comps and est ARV. We are looking at this as a possible buy and hold. The house has ju...
Ben Kirchner
Tenant late on payments and has unauthorized pets
A couple months into my tenant occupying my rental property, there have been issues. This is my first rental property, and I'm learning from my mistakes of being too considerate to the tenant. I'd like some advice f...