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Stepping Outside the Real Estate “Box” with Self Directed Retirement Accounts

Laurie Bachelder, Principal of NUA Advisors, LLC, writes: “Investors tired of watching their retirement accounts ride the Wall St. rollercoaster are searching for other ways to create wealth in their retirement accounts. If you turn to most business or financial publications or websites you will find many articles about investing in real estate with a Self Directed Retirement Account (‘SDRA’). The majority of articles written about investing with a SDRA pertain to real estate as a popular choice for an alternative investment, and why wouldn’t it be. Real estate offers several advantages.”

Stepping Outside the Real Estate “Box” with Self Directed Retirement AccountsRichard Keyt2017-09-10T15:49:30-07:00

How Baby Boomers are Reigniting the Housing Market

Newsweek: “People with significant assets in their individual retirement accounts can tap that cash to invest in a retirement home, but there are many complexities involved. They have to establish a self-directed IRA with an independent trust company such as Pensco Trust and the Entrust Group.”

How Baby Boomers are Reigniting the Housing MarketRichard Keyt2019-03-17T14:15:46-07:00

Savvy Buyers Use Self-directed IRA to Buy Homes

San Francisco Chronicle: “With many properties at bargain-basement prices, more people have been turning to their self-directed IRAs as a ready source of capital to make real estate investments. Companies that manage self-directed IRAs say real estate investments by their clients are up as much as 30 percent over the past year. . . . Self-directed IRAs account for just 2 percent of the $4.2 trillion IRA market, but are among its fastest- growing segments. They allow access to a variety of investment vehicles beyond just stocks and bonds. The IRS closely regulates them, and any real estate investments must be handled by IRA custodian firms that hold the property inside the IRA.”

Savvy Buyers Use Self-directed IRA to Buy HomesRichard Keyt2018-05-13T13:58:56-07:00

Self-Directed IRA a Good Bet?

CNBC: “If you recently watched your individual retirement account or 401(k) drop by double digits, you may wonder if there is a better way to sock away money in an uncertain economy. What if you could replace some of your investments with tax-deferred holdings not tied to the troubles on Wall Street? Maybe you’d prefer to invest in cattle in Wyoming, a gas station in Philadelphia or an underwater cemetery in Miami.”

Self-Directed IRA a Good Bet?Richard Keyt2017-09-10T16:28:06-07:00