self directed IRA

[Nicole Tuffarelli]

hello friends, I have an old traditional IRA from my first job that is sitting in a local bank since early 2000s. it has about 40k

I now have a W2 salaried job for 20yrs where I've participated in a employer run 401k i think with John Hancock. Id love to roll the old IRA into real estate. Any suggestions on how to get the old 40k IRA available to use as a down payment into real estate?

Ive been reading about SEP IRS self directed IRA and 401 k but seems to be for self employed people. any idea how to re-allocate my ira into real estate investments???

my accountant doesn't seem to think its possible