Justin Morris
Buy our first home/self employment mortage qualification
Hello All, My wife and I are taking the first step in our real estate journey and buying our first home in Tampa FL. We have about 10k saved and will be taking advantage of the FL down payment assistance program and ...
Hiro Kitagawa
Child support and rental income
I'm not sure how suited this question is for BP, but I'd like to mention if anyone knows.I currently pay child support bi-weekly. Recently (April '17) I began leasing the first rental property for $1,600/mo, and the ...
Homer Reagan
Experience with Self-Directed IRA...who,what,where,etc.
Armed and dangerous with knowledge from weekend realestate siminar...looking for experience, advice and "costly education" points out there. Is this the only feasible route to utilize retirement savings?
Jack Bailin
Newbie from New Haven, CT (Relocating to Austin, TX this fall)
Well I'll just jump right in! My name is Jacob "Jack" Bailin (nobody calls me Jacob but my grandmother, so Jack it is), and I'm completely brand new to the idea of real estate investing. I'm about to graduate with my ...
John Hurley
About to inherit 100k - need advice
Howdy folks. I am about to inherit 100k in cash. Here are some other relevant details:
- My credit score is over 700. I think it's closer to 768. Haven't checked recently.
- I've been developing a software product...
Abigail Hansen
Market Analysis Criteria for Investing
Hey BP,I've seen/heard countless times that market analysis is oftentimes more important than property analysis. What are investors specifically looking for when they are conducting market analysis? Are there certain ...
Charlton Zang Jr
Using and old IRA account for financing
Is there someone that could give me some advice about using and old retirement account as start-up capital?
Nick Ponte
Head is spinning - S-Corp for taxes? or Just keep doing 1099 for myself?
Last few years have been making $250k as a Realtor. I fired my last accountant as he made some errors as well as gave poor advice. I hired a new CPA and he told me to create an LLC as my name, open business checking a...
Cameron Price
How do you ACTUALLY set up a self directed 401k
After researching different retirement accounts, I've decided that a self directed solo 401k plan is a good fit for me. I have self employment income and no w2 employees. When I search for how to start an account, I g...
Kevin Sobilo
Hiring an employee with performance based pay
My main strategy so far has been BRRRR and like many people I have been the cog that makes the machine turn. So, with that there are limits to how fast I can accomplish things. I've been pondering how to adjust my rol...