Read through the forums but looking for current advice on a strong argument for choosing rentals over non-qualified stocks over the long term. The biggest differences I can see would be the rental 1031 to avoid taxes ...

There is an economic term called diminishing marginal rate of return. Meaning for every one more unit sold the benefit becomes less and less. With the rise in college tuition costs and the strong emergence of availabi...

@Terry Free has a post in another forum category that someone should come up with a real estate investing video game.  While I am no computer programmer, (I'm the guy who calls support and they ask if it's plugged in....

Are there any cash investors willing to be open minded for future home owners? Meaning that, throughout my 4 years learning about Real Estate Ive realized that there are so many programs and strategies to help home...

Over the the episodes from the past two weeks, David from the BiggerPockets podcast has brought up that real estate will be harder and harder to from the "small guy" to get into each year due to factors like: inflatio...

I just finished EOY tax planning sessions with my clients, and Roth conversion was one of the topics. It reminded me how confused most investors are about Roth and prompted me to write this long post. Since Roth-relat...

I'm looking to get more info on the ins and outs of how it works when you cross-collateralize (CC for short)a property you own free & clear towards an acquisition you're looking to finance. My portfolio len...

I'm looking at a renovation project that I would live in for a couple years. The bank requires a licensed contractor to do the work but I can work under him for whatever I want to do myself.  The guy I have in mind s...

My research into NPN's had sparked an interest in being a hard money lender using SDIRA. I know the mechanics. But, I really don't know what I don't know. Thought I would start a conversation and see how bad @Bill Gul...

Hello Everyone!I am closing on my first rental property (SFR) next week and I plan on self-managing.  It is also worth mentioning that I plan to acquire five additional SFR's by year end and to continue to scale up fr...