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Any recommendations? Currently talking to a company called Equity Trust whose fee is a little above 1%, does anyone know of a self directed ROTH IRA that can do better?
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Or, more specifically WHO is a real estate investor?As the term is now used, a wide variety of activities, some having almost nothing to do with investing, many having only a passive association with real property are...
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Hello Everyone,New blood here by way of Foxboro, Massachusetts (Go Pats). I first grew interest in real estate back in college (PSU, New Hampshire class of 10’ ). I remember handing my landlord $2,600 cash per semes...
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So I was reading through Josh's post here:
http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/1/blog_posts/4157-don-t-fall-for-the-scam-be-cautious-
about being cautious about who you do business on via the site and there is commen...
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So, finally got the second tenant for the duplex and almost lost them the same day. The tenants are responsible for their own electricity and gas, I pay the water and trash. My mentors have advised me to either, tak...
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Let me start by saying I am new to real estate investing. I have been educating myself as much as possible with podcasts, videos, blogs.. basically everything I can get my hands on. I’ve been analyzing deals as much a...
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The best real estate investing book I've ever read… The steps in this book are so practical and easy for anyone—with any income, living in any city—to follow.
—Grant Sabatier, Author of Financial Freedom & Cr...
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Hi everyone,
I have seen lots of posts about LLCs, and other disregarded entities for asset protection, in addition posts on Insurance policies etc. But how about NOTES for protection?
If the corporate veil is pie...