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Jake Song How To Fund Real Estate Using Cash-Rich Life Insurance Policies
2 May 2025 | 7 replies
Costs for taking loans are minimal as opposed to the substantial closing costs that can accumulate from obtaining mortgages and home equity lines of credit or other bank financed loans.The proper mutual life insurance company will allow full payment of dividends on the cash value sum regardless of loans taken, and this is a massive advantage over loans guaranteed by other financial products such as 401(k) accounts and IRAs.Furthermore, because this is your policy and you manage it, there is no worry about having loans called or otherwise altered, like they can with bank financing.The simplicity of borrowing and paying back your policy will at a minimum improve the real estate investor’s capability to swiftly capitalize on opportunities, adding the quickness of money to the equation, and opening up new level of freedom and achievement.A common objection is that using cash value life insurance in this way isn’t an effective approach for real property investors because the policy costs money upfront (premium payment) and is therefore too costly.However, this belief is especially absurd in the context of talking about real estate.
Rashid Khalil maintaining privacy in lease agreement
30 April 2025 | 25 replies
If the PM is a management company you form (especially as an owner of 15 SFH's) there's no clearer example of an Alter Ego, a common legal theory.
Ryan S. Advice on Specific Performance for Breach of Real Estate Contract
29 April 2025 | 45 replies
This Section will not alter any date in this Contract, unless otherwise agreed. so you wont sue at this point you will go to mediation. 
Alicia Leonard New Landlord in Ma
24 April 2025 | 3 replies
Heads Up: Unless the lease specifically prohibits changes during the term (like payment methods or where rent is sent), you usually can make adjustments, as long as you’re not altering lease terms like rent amount or ending dates.
Brian Zellner Mortgage to LLC
23 April 2025 | 5 replies
As a side note, there is a common (incorrect) believe amongst investors that entity protection is not worth it because a good plaintiff attorney can easily “pierce” the corporate veil”, meaning get the court to agree to declare you as personally liable as an “alter ego” of your entity.  
Shanai Rogers Renting Homes Under An LLC
22 April 2025 | 10 replies
In the event of an accident or legal claim, assuming you adhere to all necessary formalities to ensure the LLC is not deemed your alter ego, only the assets owned by the LLC would be at risk—not your personal assets.Additionally, it’s important to consider how your involvement in guest services may impact the tax classification of your LLC.
Jon Martin Least obnoxious smoke/CO detector?
21 April 2025 | 7 replies
To clarify, I am not trying to circumvent safety or liability and would not obscure or alter them in any way, mainly looking for models that come that way out of the box.
Ethan Tomlinson Grandma will loan me anything at 5% rate
21 April 2025 | 45 replies
It's one thing to gamble with your own assets, but entirely another to gamble with someone else's money just because they trust you when it could have life-altering consequences for them.If she's going to lend to you, I would recommend that she be in first position only with a healthy margin of safety (equity cushion) and then seller-finance whatever property to you.
David Matthews Do the pros really pay 0 in taxes?
16 April 2025 | 37 replies
Real estate professional status does not alter the amount of deductions you are able to take.
Ashley Wilson Hiring Fears: Overcoming the 3 Fears of Hiring
10 April 2025 | 7 replies
I was paralyzed in the fear that a hiring mistake could be a life-altering event.