Category: ira-real-estate-investing

Piggy Bank for Emergency House Repairs

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With home-ownership comes new responsibilities, including repair and maintenance expenses. Sooner or later, you’ll encounter a leaky faucet or a blown circuit breaker and quickly learn that keeping your household up and running is no longer as simple as a call to the landlord. Deciding how much money to spend on fixing or replacing something … Continued

Is Brass the New Stainless

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  If you’ve been watching HGTV, flipping through interior design magazines, or touring model homes lately, you’ve probably seen one of today’s hottest trends for home: brass. But is this interior design flashback just a blip or should you start ditching all that chrome, nickel, and stainless? It’s true – what was once old is … Continued

Appliances Life Spans, How to Plan Replacments

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If you get 10 years out of most of your home appliances, you will probably come out ahead. And your home systems should last maybe two decades. However, there are factors that will affect just how long your appliances and home systems last. On average, here’s how long you can expect most of your major … Continued

How To Own Your Home Free And Clear?

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  There was a time when taking out a mortgage on a house meant you actually planned to stay there long enough to pay it off and own it outright. In many cases, people bought homes, raised their families, retired, and then passed this valuable asset down to their kids. But, largely, this is not … Continued

How to the Find the Right Neighborhood for You.

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  Nothing stinks more than finding a home, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars, moving yourself your family your pets and all your stuff, and ending up with buyer’s remorse. Especially if you’re relocating to another area, it can be hard to know where to go, or even where to start. These tips will help … Continued

Tips on Buying Rhode Island Real Estate with your IRA

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While most people understand that real estate is an investment, many people are taking advantage of the qualified retirement accounts to purchase real estate as an appreciating or revenue-generating instrument like IRAs. It’s really important to understand the tax implications, legal ramifications, and various other intricacies of purchasing Rhode Island real estate within your IRA. So, lets dive … Continued