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Precious Metals in Your Portfolio: A Comprehensive Guide for Investors

Precious Metals in Your Portfolio: A Comprehensive Guide for Investors

Diversifying your investment portfolio is a smart strategy to mitigate risk and potentially enhance returns. While many investors are familiar with stocks and bonds, there’s another asset class worth considering – precious metals. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll delve into the world of precious metals and explore how they can be a valuable addition to …

Avoiding Prohibited Transactions with a Self-Directed IRA LLC

Avoiding Prohibited Transactions with a Self-Directed IRA LLC

When you have a single-member LLC within a Self-Directed IRA, it can make for a powerful investing arrangement. The control over the LLC’s checkbook will revert to you, the holder of the IRA. This means an investor can have all sorts of flexibility with retirement investing, putting retirement money in a wide range of potential …

When is a Checkbook IRA the Right Option?

When is a Checkbook IRA the Right Option?

As investors seek to diversify their retirement portfolios and gain more control over their investment decisions, Self-Directed IRAs have become an increasingly popular choice. Within the realm of Self-Directed IRAs, one option that stands out is the Checkbook IRA. This unique tool offers investors a greater level of flexibility and convenience when it comes to …

FAQs for How Checkbook Control IRAs

FAQs for How Checkbook Control IRAs

How do Checkbook Control IRAs Work? Questions and Answers A Single Member LLC. A Checkbook IRA. A Self-Directed IRA. A lot of terms—and it can get confusing in a hurry. So why does one of the most flexible ways to invest with retirement funds have to sound so complicated? It may be because you don’t …

Do You Need ‘Checkbook Control’ in a Self-Directed IRA?

Do You Need ‘Checkbook Control’ in a Self-Directed IRA?

Many Self-Directed IRA investors are looking for greater control over their retirement savings. One way to achieve this is through a technique called ‘Checkbook Control.’ This allows you to move assets in and out of your IRA account as you wish, without having to go through the additional step of issuing a buy/sell order to …

Who is a Self-Directed IRA “Disqualified Person”?

Who is a Self-Directed IRA “Disqualified Person”?

Investing in a Self-Directed IRA comes with all sorts of great freedoms and flexible options. For example, you can use a Self-Directed IRA to invest in real estate, which opens up all sorts of interesting retirement investment possibilities. You can use an IRA to invest in private companies, precious metals, tax liens, or even open …

The ABCs of Investing in a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA

The ABCs of Investing in a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA

When you use a Self-Directed IRA, you’ll have the freedom and flexibility to invest in a wider range of alternative asset classes than many investors are used to. This can include real estate, which means investing in single-family homes, multi-unit homes, apartment buildings, condominiums, or even raw land and commercial property. In other words, investing …

Tips To Know Before Opening a Self-Directed IRA

Tips To Know Before Opening a Self-Directed IRA

While Self-Directed IRAs have been in the industry for several decades, investors have evolving preferences. On the one hand, experienced investors have learned all the nitty-gritty about a Self-Directed IRA and are investing in their financial future. On the other hand, many new to the concept of retirement investing haven’t heard about what Self-Directed IRAs are …

Self-Directed Real Estate Investing FAQs

Self-Directed Real Estate Investing FAQs

Want to use retirement funds to put money towards real estate? It’s not as complicated as it sounds—in fact, it’s a popular choice for investors who use a Self-Directed IRA. But just because something is common doesn’t mean you’ll have it figured out at first blush. To that end, we’re going to share some of …

Self-Directed Real Estate IRA Prohibited Transactions FAQ

Self-Directed Real Estate IRA Prohibited Transactions FAQ

What is the best way to ensure that you don’t engage in a prohibited transaction when investing in a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA? In a word: knowledge. At American IRA, we recognize that our experience as a Self-Directed IRA firm means that we’re administrators and custodians on accounts; we don’t make decisions for you. That’s …

Benefits of Using Self-Directed IRAs

Ever heard that it’s a good idea to use a Self-Directed IRA? Of course, you have. Everyone seems to know that using a Self-Directed IRA will yield retirement benefits that include tax savings. But you might not be aware of all of the potential benefits that come with investing in Self-Directed IRAs until you take …

The Self-Directed Real Estate IRA: What Investors Need to Know

The Self-Directed Real Estate IRA: What Investors Need to Know

“What? You own a house within an IRA? Isn’t that against the rules?” If you’ve ever invested in real estate within a Self-Directed IRA, you might be familiar with this refrain. And it’s true: if you own your house within a Self-Directed IRA—one you use personally—then that is against the rules. But it’s perfectly in …

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