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Hello! I’m looking into investing in RE but having difficulties with hard money loans. Have any of you purchased property via 401k loan? What are your thoughts on this ? I invite any and all comments and recommendatio...
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If I wanted to start out buying cheaper properties around $50-$60k and putting them on section 8, will buying them through an LLC keep my DTI ratio from being affected? Will this have an impact when I want to go and b...
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What are your thoughts on holding flips for just over a year to be able to take advantage of the capital gains tax (vs selling in under a year and being taxed at your ordinary income rate)?
Many people h...
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Hello BiggerPockets,I recently had the epiphany that I am not going to be able to live the life that I want to lead if I just continue putting the typical 8-10% into my 401k. I am 23 years old, a 2014 graduate of UC I...
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Hey guys :)I am 23 years old, hailing from New Zealand, with no experience in REI. I was introduced to Rich Dad Poor Dad last year, and other various books by Robert Kiyosaki. I never really took any action, until now...
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My dad bought the house for a dollar and I was planning on buying it from him for a dollar as it is a vacant property that needs over 70k worth of renovations to make it livable. He does not have the desire to get a ...
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I own 4 properties (3 duplexes / 1 fourplex in B grade neighborhoods) in cash. So far I've been relieved to own them in cash because the first 12-16 months I had to fix/replace/upgrade a lot of things that the previou...
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So what I understand from the things I have read so far is that an LLC is a separate entity that can protect you from lawsuits and allows you to take advantage of different tax write offs. Also, LLC's only pay taxes o...
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Hi,I am new to BP and generally new to real estate investing although I have some family members to lean off of who have a handful of SFR. My original investment strategy was built off of buying county tax sale proper...
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Hello BP, I have been in this mental loop and hoping for some advice, I am 19 years young and am currently in a partnership on 2 commercial properties located in Buffalo NY. I want to keep in mind that I do most of t...