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31 May 2016 | 17 replies
I feel like I have way more control with real estate than my 401k/roth iras which feel more like black holes.
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13 March 2021 | 19 replies
The CV of a life insurance policy can provide about 2 - 3 times the income of money held in a typical IRA/brokerage account.
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15 February 2018 | 3 replies
Hello,I have been contemplating the following question:How do real estate investments impact your 401k/IRA asset allocation?
3 February 2020 | 2 replies
However, if I combine personal funds and my self directed IRA, I would be able to.
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29 May 2018 | 35 replies
They are in my opinion, better than the IRA plan.
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18 December 2010 | 25 replies
My IRA grows through cash-flow contributions.Cons would be:1.
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14 November 2011 | 2 replies
We are moving a sizable amount of investor money today and I noticed Kaaren has a new YouTube video on self-directing retirement funds that I thought I would share:What is a Self-Directed IRA?
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27 May 2012 | 22 replies
I own a couple of empty lake lots in my self-directed Roth IRA.
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4 June 2012 | 27 replies
We started doing this because so many people were wanting to get into real estate using their IRAs, but did not want to use all of it.
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6 June 2023 | 39 replies
Have you represented clients in front of the IRA, and what is your success rate?