Hi everyone, I'm a Canadian who has recently sold a vacation home in Florida. Since I'm not a US resident, it was agreed that the title company would withhold 15% of the sales proceeds, and I would pay for prepping FI...

A friend of mine is looking into doing a 1031 exchange on some property; however, he's getting some conflicting info on one aspect of it so I thought I'd ask the experts here.

Here's the situation:

He is selling som...

Beware of unscrupulous lenders

I am posting this over several real estate investment forums that the lender in question participates. All statements are of fact.

First of all, I have to say that most lenders that I’...

Back in NY I was setup with a workers comp policy and had a handful of guys who worked for me.  I used them for flips and rentals repairs.  Since then I have moved to Pa and need to come up with a new solution.   As I...

We are finishing up a rehab project right now and the contractor that was doing the work was doing a horrible job, taking too long and causing a lot of issues, so I decided to fire him this past Friday and cut my l...

Hi! I’m a new-ish investor from Fort Myers, FL. I graduated from college two years ago with a degree in civil engineering and love my day job as a construction project manager. I got started in real estate in 2010. Wi...

Anyone out there borrow from their 401K to purchase a rental property? How did it go?

I am newbie and would like to use my 401k to buy my first property any directions would be greatly appreciated?