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View ArticleHousing Recovery: Bubble 2.0
I’ve been doing a little light reading this morning in several places on what has been termed a recovery in the housing market. Unfortunately, the demographic realities don’t play well with what we’re...
View ArticleThe Best Retirement Properties and Investments
Where have you always dreamed of retiring? Is it on the beach or near the water? In the mountains? Or maybe to be nearby your family or grandchildren? Regardless of where you dream of retiring, you’ve...
View ArticleSpending Your Golden Years…Where?
What are your retirement plans? Are you heading for warmer weather? The golf course? The water? Closer to family? Regardless of how close (or not) you are to retirement, it has at least crossed our...
View ArticleHow to invest in real estate whether you are poor or rich
Investors are typically attracted to investments they have been successful with in the past. Investors who do not have much experience who are investing their own money tend to look for opportunities...
View ArticleBorrow From Your Retirement Account to Buy a House
We get a number of people asking whether or not individuals are able to borrow from their retirement account to increase a home’s down payment. This is allowed, but it must be fore an investment....
View ArticleBuying Real Estate with an IRA
Buying real estate is one investment goal that many investors are highly interested in doing. In fact, there is no other investment category or genre that has produced more millionaires than real...
View ArticleWholesaling Real Estate in Your IRA
Have you ever wondered how to make millions of dollars without being heavily taxed? Have you ever wondered how Mitt Romney and so many others like him have made millions of dollars in their IRAs and...
View ArticleBuying on the Cheap: Recognizing Real Estate Returns in Your IRA
Federal stimulus dollars have helped keep the price of housing at higher-than-market levels in a couple of ways. First, with interest rates at all time lows, it makes it easier to justify buying a...
View ArticleA Compelling Case Against Self-Directed IRA Investing
We’ve discussed before how a real estate retirement account is not for everyone. There are number of reasons a general self-directed retirement account does not work for everyone either. 1. The...
View ArticleCan I Live In The Property I Purchased With A Self-Directed IRA?
One of the most renowned reasons investors turn towards a self directed IRA is its feature that allows the account holder to invest in real estate and profit from its gains tax free or tax differed....
View ArticleFollowing The IRS Rules For A Self-Directed IRA
An IRA is one of the most beneficial accounts to utilize when one is building a retirement future. Although this account is analogous to a 401(k) it is much more beneficial that the 401(k) has ever...
View ArticleWhy Self-Directed IRAs are Not “Diversified”
I’ve heard a multiplicity of supposed investment managers tout that a self-directed IRA or solo 401(k) is a great way to “further diversify” one’s portfolio. Nothing could be further from the truth....
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