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Hi, BP communityMy name is Vlad and I am a professional in my early 40s with a wife and 2 kids. For the last 10 years I have been diligently contributing money to my 403b, to watch my "balanced portfolio" suffer the s...
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I'm looking for any insight into a blindspot in my portfolio I may have. I own a few single families, duplex and fourplex in MN/ND. Mortgages vary from 20 year loans we will redo in 5 and 10 to a 30 year fixed. Intere...
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Hello everyone,
I have recently passed the California Real Estate license exam and am in the process of looking for a brokerage company to help me get started.
Initially I went after the license for investment purp...
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Hello I have a lead on a house I'm looking to buy long story short the house has gone into Pre-foreclose and now has an assigned trustee.. I now suspect the house will go through probate even tho no aires are interest...
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Does anyone have any experience using oil and gas tax deductions (Intangible Drilling Costs: 100% tax deductible during the first year and tangible Drilling Costs: 100% tax deductible) to reduce tax liability against ...
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My father passed and his trust became irrevocable. My 2 siblings and I now have separate trusts derived from Dads (we all get a K-1). I want to use some of my inherited funds to start doing some PML and EMD but I do...
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I am working on a 5 year plan to move to the East coast and slowly unload property here in Illinois. I have spent the last couple years taking a lot of mini vacations and am highly intrigued by the Chattanooga area. W...
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Hey BP Community!I am a brand new wholesaler from Phoenix, AZ. I sent out my first round of 525 Yellow letters to Absentee Owners a month ago and only got one call back. I have attached a picture of one of the letters...
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Hi,As i’ve had a discussion with a lot of people about investing in California and most of them are saying that it’s difficult for a property to produce cash flow there and the market is Always very expensive there so...
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We have 2 W2s( Me+ Spouse).Have a primary residence SFH and 2 rentals.I have around $40K of rental income after all the deductions/depreciation.This time I used a CPA and I am a sure he tried his best to get all deduc...