Curious to see others portfolio diversification. Is it all real estate? If so different types of real estate as in commercial/ MF/SF/ mobile homes? Is some of your portfolio in stocks, bonds, etc? Also, how are you pr...

Question:What happened to your mortgage / loan when you finally get the house, and how is it related to the federal funds effective rate? my very base level understanding is that your mortgage lender sells the loan an...

I am very conservative and do not know much about doing a custodial IRA.  My accountant said to take my little Roth IRA (under$150K) and put it with 'Charles' or somewhere that does not have a lot of fees.  I am almos...

I am forming an LLC with another partner/member to facilitate the purchase of properties via short sales, REOs, and trustee sales. Having one LLC will make it easier to have all income and expenses accounted for under...

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I'm a real estate invstor near Seattle WA and currently own 5 properties. I'm a 'buy & hold' investor and want to acquire more properties while prices are depressed. Financing is o...

The Fed has announced it plans to buy $600 bn worth of bonds over the next several months to plug money into the system, stimulate lending, etc. Do you think QE2 will work, or just create inflation?

This is for a security deposit, my state requires that you have it in a physical bank located in our state for holding of the security deposit, if not, you need a bond from that bank you have it deposited - since it i...

Amidst a significant downturn in commercial property values, private investors (particularly high-net-worth individuals and family offices) are seizing the opportunity emerging as the dominant force accounting for 6...

Anyone use 1031 providers from the internet ?  Or you use a regular some local service ?

I have a 2 year old and 4 year old and each have a pretty decent little savings account going. What options do I have to invest their money for them? I'm not a huge fan of what I understand about a 529 plan as I don...