I moved some money from an old IRA to a self directed IRA to make this investment How did you add value to the deal?

Do you have a Roth IRA?

Hi Guys,I am looking for some recommendations for a simple and trusted company that offer Self directed IRA with a checkbook that allow for me to directly buy my real estate.I really appreciate the input as there are a lot of options as well as warning about SCAMS.Thanks!

LLCs are typically pass-through entities so have tax protection by themselves.Flipping within an IRA is possible, but you cannot be actively engaged in the business or you risk blowing up your IRA.  

@Patrick S.Hard money is not the only choice of lending for an IRA/401k. 

@Martin MolloyI know he is one of the first attorneys to work with IRA LLCs.

@Jake MiresYou want to see if you are eligible to claim real estate professional status or if your total income is below $100,000 which will allow the $25,000 passive real estate losses to go through.The thing that sucks about Business income / Independent contractor income is that the income is subject to federal taxes, State taxes and self-employment taxes.You may also want to consider a retirement account(SEP IRA).Best of luck.

Is there anyone who has tried using their ROTH IRA to invest outside of the country?

This will help reduce your taxable earned income, but there are legal methods to use IRA money to invest in RE. 

The repayment terms for a 401k participant loan are equal monthly/quarterly payments of principal and interest (typically prime plus 1%) over a 5 year term (longer if used to acquire your principal residence).Please note that if you take a full $50,000 and then pay back the loan, you can't take another $50,000 until 12 months after the first loan was fully paid back.Per the loan offset rules that went into effect with the 2018 Tax and Job Act: if you leave your job and the loan is current at the time you leave your job but then the loan goes into default because you left your job, you will have until your tax return deadline (including any timely filed extension) to make the loan current by depositing the outstanding balance into an IRA (and thereby avoid the taxes and penalties that would otherwise apply).