Tre` asked:


I am a new broker and my firm, I work for offers real estate investing services to professionals such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors. I am looking for a way to maximize our visability for the services we provide in IL to investors looking to purchase real estate for the passive income, flipping income, and depreciation it offers. What would be the best venues to pursue to reach my target audience that would give me the best bang for my buck?

Ted

Cee asked:


im a 20 year old male that wants to invest in real estate and stocks. i kno more about real estate than stock which i kno absoultely nothing about. i need a book that gets right to the point i dont have time to waste i need one solid book for real estate and one solid book for stocks.. answers are needed thanks

Rachel

99TJ asked:


I have a few rental properties that I purchased a few years ago, but I’d like to take a step up in investing. I have my Real Estates License, and have been a Loan Officer for close to five years now. With the market as bad as it is, I’d like to use this time to pursue other ventures. My goal is to become a full time Real Estate Investor. Does anyone have any suggestions on the best place to start? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Tamara

Bob S asked:


Okay so like go to the first site below and look at the contract specs for gold in the list. THEN go to the next site and look at the gold chart okay so say pretend if you bought it at 750 and sold it at 800 how many dollars would you make that’s a gain of 50 whatever?

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/specs/summary.html

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/ZG/W

Melinda

BiCUBIC asked:


I mean isn’t Gold the only element that has very high value over time? Cash succumbs to inflation but gold doesnt then how come people are investing their money in other stocks that have no value at all?

Laurie

Teufelhunden361 asked:


I just bought my first home in April with an 80/20 ARM. I intend to refi this coming April but would like to start looking around for an investment property, such as another townhouse to rent out. I’d prefer to find such a rental that already has tenants in it. Now, I don’t have much cash to put into buying the investment property, so it’ll more than likely be another 80/20 ARM. I’m okay with that, even if the rent I charge doesn’t cover the mortgage and taxes (I can float a few $100’s each month to cover the gap). I’m looking for the tax break I’ll get with it (even though I’m not too sure how much of a break a second property will really give me on my taxes). Another idea I’ve had with this is to open my own “business” so I can’t be sued personally (God forbid someone wanted to do that). If I do that, can I get better tax breaks for having a business while I still work full-time?

The benefits I see from this are two-fold right now: 1) I gain the tax breaks at the end of each year, and 2) I build equity in both properties.

In theory (and with all my ignorance in real estate), this plan sounds great to me. For those of you out there who are masters of the real estate trade, please point out the errors of my thinking here. This way, I can make the necessary adjustments which will help me be SUCCESSFUL in this venture. I don’t see a need to go out and re-invent the wheel by repeating some painfully obvious mistakes.

I thank you all for your time and expertise.

Thanks,
Greg.

Doris

feisty asked:


A long time ago, my grandpa invested stock in Union Pacific, which is still active through my grandma. I was wondering how it’s doing, good or bad money wise?

Shane