To IRA or not to IRA…

[Franklin P.]

My employer gives me the option of setting up an IRA or Roth IRA and they will match up to 3%. My goal is to continue to buy real estate and be able to spend some of those profits as I go and reinvesr the rest of the profits back into real estate.

In this case is it better to invest in a Roth IRA (self-directed IRA?), or is it better to save all the cash until I find the next property?