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Hello Everyone,Is anyone using a self directed IRA to fund all or part of their real estate investing? I am looking into the subject and wanted to get input from people already using this vehicle.Also, can anyone she...
Hello BP family. I have two major debts a 21K balance on a loan that i have at 6.99% interest and a line of credit with a 28k balance and 12.99% interest. I did a flip and made 40K. I truly want to invest in another p...
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Hello Bigger Pockets community! I am looking to purchase my second property in the upcoming months. I am curious to see if down payment assistance programs are any good? I have read a few previous posts explaining tha...
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After finding an HML that will lend where your prospect house is (most will only lend in major metro areas or have steeper rates if they do lend outside metro areas), I would ask these questions:
Are you a direct len...
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Hello!Just wanted to reach out to the community and see if anyone had sourced some or all of their down payment funds from cryptocurrency (bitcoin, ether, ltc). As you may know there has been an explosion in prices re...
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I have an IRA with about 27k in it. Its not my primary retirement investment vehicle. I am currently working with a friend who is planning on opening an sdira with one of the custodians listed on bp. His has about ...
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Wondering if anyone has experience with using a Delaware Statutory Trust to complete a 1031 exchange? Any insight on pro's/con's would be amazing.
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Has anyone ever heard of the website groundfloor? I am very interested in this site. It almost sounds to good to be true type of thing. Please if anyone has any info on it please let me know.
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I am new to BP but not new to REI. Where does everybody see the market going. I see a lot of these markets heated up. In fact a lot of the institutional investors are selling. Where are the opportunities going to be i...
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The subject line says it all. Where do you invest capital between real estate deals? Individual stocks? Short-term bonds? Mutual funds? Index funds? The dreaded savings account?