I have resolute to make my first investment purchase in 2014. I have chosen my market "downtown Newark". I have set aside some emergency funds for what will go wrong after I purchase the deal, but I wonder how much is...

The cash flow purists are going to hunt me down and beat me for this one, but here it goes.

2 years ago I bought a property (foreclosure, on MLS) for 26K, put a ton of money into it but got energy rebates. Ended up...

Hi. This is my first post here on BiggerPockets and I hope someone can shed some light on a question of mine.I am going to create a self-directed IRA (SDIRA) LLC (aka a checkbook IRA), and I have spoken with several f...

My wife and I have been evaluating and dissecting properties over the last few months.  We feel we have a few potential prospects.  Our only problem is coming up with the down payment.  We have invested our resources ...

Hi everyone,I'm considering putting an offer on a 4 unit rental property. This will be my first real estate investment if it goes through. I don’t want to live in it so I'm going to do 25% downpayment. I want to open ...

Hello BP!I've always been interested in investing and bought my first stocks while in college in San Diego. It didn't take me long to realize that despite my research, I felt like I was essentially picking at random a...

Hello Everyone,I just need some clarification on the JV 50/50 Split and wanted to see what experiences people have had using this financing structure.The money partner pays the purchase price and rehab costs and the r...

I have an tax deferred Inherited IRA with about 95k in it. I am looking to start my buy and hold business and am looking for ideas of how I can use my inherited IRA to invest in real estate without directly withdr...

Hi BP-ers!Recently my REIA hosted a speaker from a firm who write self-directed IRAs. This seems like a valuable tool for investors but when I spoke to my accountant about it she said they could only be opened by indi...

I am consistently baffled by the complexity of the tax code in the U.S.

What percentage of the tax "savings" that you realize each year go to pay for overhead associated with preparing returns, planning, advice, etc...