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Hi,My wife and I run an online retail business with extremely high "earned income". We want to start investing in real estate to offset that income by one of us becoming a "real estate professional". We don't spend mo...
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I'm throwing a question out about how to get started in the infinite banking concept and the ability to leverage one of my properties to get started, does anyone have any experience in doing this? And the other quest...
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Hi BP Community,This year in June I purchased my first buy and hold property - a duplex. I know that it is important to have cash reserves set aside for unexpected issues that may arise with the property. However, sho...
I have recently purchased a condominium as my primary residence in August 2018. I am on a 30-year fixed with 4.75% interest rate. Can I replace my current mortgage with a first lien HELOC? I tried a few times to obtai...
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Hi All, I was initially looking to invest in Phoenix and Tucson, but Casa Grande recently caught my eyes as an emerging market as I saw home prices have increased quite dramatically in the last 12 months. Anybody here...
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I was talking to another investor who proposed the following as a solution investors looking for more flexibility when using their SDIRA.
Two unrelated individuals arrange to make a loan to one another using their S...