I understand you can’t do any work on a property your IRA owns. What if you have a portion of that property owned by a LLC? Can you argue you are doing work for the LLC portion?

My last real estate transaction the attorney showed up at the closing to pick up his check, I don't recall him doing anything meaningful with the transaction at all. He explained a few forms to me, that I didn't need ...

Common sense, along with my own research, would tell you that a hotel is a more profitable investment than an apartment complex. They are basically the same building, except that hotels charge a higher rate and the gu...

I stumbled across this post on Dave Ramsey's website today:

http://www.daveramsey.com/blog/why-family-and-real-estate-dont-mix

Overall I think he's got some good points. I've closed a couple of deals with family in ...

Just wondering if anyone is involved in short term rentals and what's everyones opinion on them. I know there have been a few podcast on them just looking for more opinions before i get started. 

I am in the process of moving several 401k and IRA accounts into a Solo 401k. This is a bitter sweet for me because it means I can begin investing in flips but also mean I cannot be materially involved in the improvem...

I had a question pertaining to pulling permits on a potential rehab project in Wisconsin. Say we decide to move on this deal and decide to reconfigure the floor plan, adding a bedroom, and changing the flow of the hou...

I've been looking at real estate rental investment and I'm wondering what people think a good investment is.  If I made a purchase and only broke even after 20 years, meaning that I never recorded any actual taxable i...

I admit, I intentionally led you astray with the title of this post. I've seen numerous posts on which City, State, Area, Region, etc. is best to invest in. Selfishly I wanted to cut down on the amount of posts I resp...

BP Ladies and Gents, There is a tax sale coming up in a close by city where about 400 properties/lots will be up for auction. It will be filled with great deals but heard the hedge funds and investment companies come ...