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Property Management Basics for Self-Directed Rental Property Owners
By Douglas Skipworth Many rental property owners want to hold part of their real estate portfolios in a self-directed retirement account. However, they may decide not to simply because they fear the differences in property management between holding a property...
Four Reasons Self-Directed Investors Form IRA LLCs
By Tim Berry Self-directed IRA LLCs, also known as checkbook IRAs, come with some serious investing “power”. They provide absolute control of IRA funds to self-directed investors, but they also tend to remove much of the oversight of your activities that would...
Who Really Owns Your Checkbook IRA?
You May Not Have the Total Control You Think You Do By Tim Berry Countless self-directed investors have set up individual retirement account (IRA) LLCs in order to better manage assets and make investments in an efficient fashion. Most investors believe that since...
Seeing Your Investments in a New Light
It is Crucial to Understand Not Just How but Why We Buy If someone asked you, “Why do you invest?” what would your answer be? According to a survey conducted by GOBankingRates in late 2019, more than half of the participants had a surprising answer for this question:...
Opportunity Zone Update
2 Years In ... Now What? By Harding Easley Investors have been paying close attention to opportunity zones since the creation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017. That legislation created a series of tax incentives that set investors around the country on a...
3 Key Benefits of a Solo 401(k) Plan
By Reneika Lightbourne A solo 401(k) is an IRS-approved qualified retirement plan designed to help self-employed workers or business owners save and invest for retirement. Otherwise, called an individual 401(k) or uni-k, a self-directed solo 401(k) is one of the most...
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