Are the following thoughts correct?
1. Interest earned on Baltimore city liens are 18% annualized interest rate
2. After 6 months, if a tax certificate is unpaid, then the investor may foreclose on the property by...
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Do i need to be a real estate agent to buy and sell properties, if not should i become one?
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Hello All,I am going to be talking to a couple of the "Pros/Vendors" for are so sharing of their time and knowledge here this week about setting up our Solo401k accounts, but thought this might be a good question to a...
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Much of this thread is repost of parts of other threads and blogs from a year ago. I"ve been continually asked about this subject and there are lots of newbies on BP that may benefit from this.
I want - to start wit...
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What’s up BP!!! Have a question about the $25,000 offset I’m hoping someone could answer for me. To be clear I’m referring to the up to $25,000 in passive losses that the IRS allows you to offset your earned income by...
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Hello Everyone!I am starting to save for a down payment on my first home. I want to have 20k by April 2018. I am just out of college, and the last 3 months out of school i have been working full time and have been ext...
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I was looking to barrow $25K from my 401K. Talking with a co-worker our 401K allows us to borrow up to 50% up to a certain dollar limit at 4.45%. I was going to pull the $25K over 36 months paying $371 bi-monthl...
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Hello BPA few weeks ago, I finished reading Becoming Your Own Bank (The Infinite Banking Concept) by R. Nelson Nash. Prior to reading the book I have been pursuing my 1st multi-family apartment deal in the Orange Cou...
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I'm in Illinois and the annual tax lien sale is coming in the county I live in. I've read Loftis' book and all the forum posts I could find that specifically talked about tax liens (and at least most of your blog pos...
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Hello All,Very new here, both to the community and to investing/real estate at large.I'm wondering if you all think it's worth it for me and my wife to find a CPA.Our financial situation is pretty simple. We both have...