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Plan for Self-directed Retirement Account - Thoughts?
I have an opportunity to roll an existing 401k into a new self-directed account. I would like to use that account to fund a real estate investment business. After reading through this forum, listening to the Jeff Brow...
Jarrod Pettit
What does it take to attract private investors now?
I've made my career in raising private capital and deploying it unleveraged into C class rental properties and recently for the last 3 years into Mobile Home Parks. Very conservative model that typically pays 12-15...
Michael Ealy
How to Scale up Your Real Estate Portfolio
People have asked me how I was able to own 1,000 apartment units. It seems impossible and too good to be true.But it's really NO BIG deal. I've been doing this since 1999. Other investors who figured this out actually...
Christopher Bierman-Gwinn
Help me decide please
Should my wife and I buy our first investment property in Mount Shasta, CA or Columbus, OH. We live in San Francisco, CA and we both work in the trades and have a couple of connections with trades people in Shasta. Th...
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Why Houston Is A Great Place To Invest
Hey my fellow Houston Real Estate Experts, please drop a real estate statistic or fact about our city that would get others excited about investing here.
Liane Cochrane
Excited Serious New Member from Mansfield Massachusetts
Hi Everyone!I want to take a moment to lift my head from my hours of absorbing the information on this amazing site to finally introduce myself and throw my particular life's scenario out here for any of your most w...
Michael Plaks
GRAY area alert: deducting real estate education
This question is very common and sounds very straightforward: as an investor, can I deduct my real estate education? Warning: you will not get clear answers from this post. Instead, you will likely get confused. Welco...
Khalid Haynes
Paying Off House Hacks
Hello All, I'm leaning towards the strategy of house hacking and focusing on paying off the mortgage of the house within 5-10 years. I'll be paying it off with my wife. We are 28 and on buying in about 3-4 years (we...
Andrew Taylor
Need Some Help Setting Up Accounting System
I need some help setting up an accounting system to manage a small flipping operation. I've been in construction for two decades, and I'm used to job costing software, but I'm having a hard time finding something that...
Freeman Schultz
Vacant apartment questions
In New York City a common practice among some landlords is what referred to as "warehousing" where they take vacant apartments off the market because it is less profitable to rent them out.Another reason why apartment...