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I recently met with a financial advisor who wants to win my business. The conversation was on the whole very good as there were some things that I hadn't considered that my wife and I need to tend to in order to shor...
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I am planning to buy a single-family house in Austin, Texas or surrounding cities and rent it out. I learnt that property taxes for owner-occupied homes are different from that of rented Properties. What would be the ...
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Good morning nation,
This may have been answered before but I have a unique caveat in which I don't believe has been addressed.
I recently purchased a 4-plex (in my name) using my VA loan. It is financed at 3%. Due ...
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If I buy a second house using funds from an IRA I am not entitled to any personal usage of this property correct? Is there any way to purchase the property, receive the tax benefit of an IRA, but still utilize the rea...
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If I have a rental business, can I use that income to qualify me as self employed so I can set up a self-directed solo 401(k)?
@Dmitriy Fomichenko @Seth Tandett
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I have a friend who used one of Brad Sumrok's courses to get started investing in apartments. She gave it high reviews because he not only teaches smart investment techniques, but connects you to a large network of ot...
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I'm in Spokane, WA and like many other markets, single and multi-family property prices are high. I purchased a duplex last year that was priced about $20k less than similar properties ($385,000). I admit that I was e...
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Here's a chart that I saw today from a reliable source. It shows the total debt of households, businesses and the government. There are two things that are quite clear from the chart:
1. Total debt has increased e...
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Hi everyone, New to the multi family investing, me and my wife are purchasing our first property it’s a duplex in a very good location. ( in Johnston Iowa ) everything a tenant would ever need is only 10-20 minutes aw...
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Hi all, I recently started an informal real estate group with some old college friends. They are all looking at strategies to use for their first deal and many of us are leaning towards a house hack to reduce the amou...