Hi All,Been lurking for a while and love all the helpful posts.  Newbie to RE as well. Wanted to get thoughts on my current house situation in Rocklin, CA.I own one side of a duplex and refinanced this summer from a 2...

Hi all - I have a bunch of money sitting in a Roth IRA which I’ve recently learned can be used to buy an investment property. I have enough for a decent down payment on property. Has anyone recently used an IRA to inv...

I'm pretty disappointed you can't get a mortgage with an IRA...according to my research. I'd like to use the IRA and get 5 or 6 properties and not just pay all cash for one property.

Any tips on how to get around no...

BP,I was just informed through a neighbor that my tenant has been renting out my property on AirBnB without my knowledge since the first day of his lease.  My lease clearly states there is no subletting allowed, howev...

I spoke with an attorney about setting up an LLC. I was told that I needed to get a property first before setting up an LLC and that it depends on my investment strategy. However, I have heard the exact opposite as I ...

Met with attorney last night to discuss issues re: first investment. One item was forming an LLC, which attorney said he could do for a bit less that $1000. Today, met with banker (Wells Fargo), and during the co...

I have a 3 family under contract in massachusetts. The closing date is end of the month. It is a house built in 1914 and I just received a disclosure from the seller indicating that "seller has no knowledge of lead pa...

On another post which we kind of derailed, we got into discussing creative financing techniques and clauses some of us use in notes secured by real estate. You can read more about it here:

Original "Motivatio...

I've read a lot of the forum posts, blogs, and am on podcast 131 (working my way through them), and paying off properties early vs. paying them off over the life of the loan seems to be a fairly divisive topic.  Befor...