Hi everyone,My friend, who lives overseas, sold his house in Kansas City and the title company wrote him a check. My friend does not have a bank account in the States (and is unable to open one since he is not a resid...

My wife and I each have ~$100K in our Roth IRAs and we would like to explore individually buying turn key investment properties using a self-directed IRA; however, although I've read quite a bit about this investment ...

Hi.. Please guide me.My landlord is this old couple so all their dealings are done by their daughter who is a very difficult woman. We vacated our apt as per lease ending on 31-Aug.. I went with my realtor on 1-Sep to...

Hi All, Derek Nolte here from Grand Forks, ND. I specialize in residential and commercial property management. After 10+ years in the industry in my market I ventured out and opened my own management company (TruHome ...

Last year's online tax return (turbo tax) was fairly simple from what I recall, as I had no major confusion selecting that I lived in the property and also rented it out. This time around, I can't find a clear-cut cho...

For your reference, I was going through this post. I started putting together a spreadsheet to perform a side by side comparison. However, this is over-whelmingly large number of service providers. Thought I should cr...

Longtime lurker - finally thinking it may be time to pull the trigger.Looking at getting a quadplex built in 1910 in a rural area with little to no appreciation potential.  Very high renters population and several sta...

Hi everyone,

This is my first post on this forum. I'm fairly new to real estate investing and I am going to look at my first possible investment property in a few days and could use some advice from experienc...

Hello,I am currently 40 yrs old and want to retire by 45.  I have 3 homes paid off (400k, 200k, and 110k in value) and will I will buy another before I retire in 5 yrs.  I have zero bills (cars, cc, student loans etc....

Hi, I am working on purchasing my first fix and flip. I've done some research and read a lot of books. I am getting my team together as well. One of my questions is do the general contractor get the material (cabinets...