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I am in process of setting up a self directed real estate IRA. I am very interested in note investing. Anyone have thoughts on how to begin the process? I have a good financial background but new at real estate.
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Hi All- I purchased a property from a Trustee foreclosure sale. The risk of loss (fire, accident etc) passes on to the purchaser from the purchase date. It took me a few days to get in touch with the occupant who was ...
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Hello currently I am just starting my sophomore year at the University of Michigan. I am 19 years old and majoring in chemistry, but I am really looking to get into real estate investing and I'm not sure where or how ...
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We just bought a foreclosure and had three roofing companies give us a quote. We went with one and asked if they were licensed and insured. He said yes and showed us proof of his insurance. He is almost done with t...
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Hey! Currently flipping a property (blast podcast all day every day haha) but we are finishing up here ourselves and we would like to try selling without an agent, legalities aside (we have attorneys and everything fo...
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I have recently paid off my loans for my rental properties and I'm starting to accumulate cash (I took it out of the S&P 500 ETF when it was at 3300, now at 2300, predicting this massive stock drop would happen **...
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Hello BP community,My husband and I have equity in our home and our rental. We want to expand our portfolio with hopes to be financially free. My husband does not like the idea of getting a HELOC for he thinks it is t...
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My wife and I are contemplating an early retirement. Very early. We have saved well and have some money, but not enough to live on the 4% the mainstream retirement people say we need.My question is this: Hypothetic...
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The title says it all assuming you can get back 7% on stock gains yearly, going by current trends this seems extremely conservative, companies today seem to be growing much faster than the historical data we usually r...
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I was wondering if anyone had any experience or input on REAL? From my limited research I see that it is an online real estate brokerage with zero monthly costs, and an 85/15 commission split. I would assume the sup...