I was a 24-year old MBA grad know-it-all. I had life perfectly figured out and I certainly knew everything about investments. Working in the finance industry for a large multi-national firm, I often worked with high n...
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I am looking for some input on one of my first (potential) deals; I am currently under contract to purchase but wanted to see if the #s below make sense to other more experienced investors.
I am asking because I ju...
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Hello beautiful people of BP, Today is one of those days that made me feel dumb. But the good news, I finally "get" something instead of just knowing about it. For a long while, I felt that way about Return On Equity ...
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Hello all,As stated above, I would like to acquire as much knowledge as i can on how to expand my family business. My grandfather raised me working on his rental properties through childhood. It has now come to a time...
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I have recently thought about getting a loan from my 401k to buy an investment property. What I learned is I can pay a $50 fee and have 4% interest rate. The interest I pay goes directly back in to the 401k. In essenc...
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Real estate investors ❗🫵🏘️🏠🏞️WHY❓..... are you relying on banks for funding your deals when whole life insurance offers the same function but with (many) MORE benefits, both short and long term? 🤔💡**Access to Cash Val...
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So I made another post asking questions about a hoarding house in San Diego.
my concern now is finding a partner for the capital side of the transaction.
These numbers are not concrete as Ive not had a home inspecti...
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Does anyone have experience with using a 1031 exchange to sell a property and then purchase a "like" property with the profit. Is an attorney required to facilitate this trans action?
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Has anyone cashed out their 401k? You would have to pay a 10% penalty plus you pay federal/state taxes. Any comments is it too risky or risky not to do it?
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Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...