If you violate any of these rules you could blow up your IRA or 401k and the IRS could force you to distribute all of the assets in the IRA or 401k.

Does anyone know a reputable or comp with competitive rates to set up a checkbook IRA?

Real Estate, Self Help/Health, Starting my own Direct to Seller Business, Roth IRA, Crypto, and my family! 

As apples to an IRA Hope that makes sense .

My CPA also has an investment we got in with double digits returns that we rolled our IRAs into but you could probably put cash into if you would want to live off of it before retirement age.I would never recommend someone stay in a job they hated just for the money.

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Fully fund IRAs and 401Ks7.Work less ("I think I earned it" ... a few good men)

My PMLs are people with self-directed IRA who are perfectly fine with 5-year term while earning double-digit returns passively tax-free in their SDIRA. 

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Is using a self-direct IRA to fund this venture a way to defer taxes until retirement ?