Hi - I recently learned about some of the benefits of a Solo(k) account with respect to using tax advantage to savings towards and Real Estate (hat tip to the BP TC strategies book!). I am a public school teacher and ...

I know with self directed iras, you are excluded from investing into family members. So, my girlfriend (no legal ties, other than the same address) has a lot of money in her self directed ira, and i will as well. If w...

My question today is the life insurance premium we are contractually obligated to carry tax deductible. Long story short, as part of a land contract we have to carry life insurance equal to or greater then the amount ...

I have been reading posts and learning from this website over the past few months and this is my first post! My mother-in-law is retired now and she has a 403B retirement plan with her former employer that is drawing ...

If I buy properties and put it under LLC if things go soar would they come after my personal belongings?

Hi:  I'm looking for some advice.  We'd like to sell my wife's house to an LLC partnership where a number of different entities invest.  Some of the entities will be my roth SDIRA, some of my personal cash, a couple o...

I am 27, Married and live in Arizona. I am educating myself on creative investing and want to get into buying single family homes and multi family residences. I have had the entrepreneurial spirit my whole life and ha...

I've been contemplating how I can best partner with my SDIRA Checkbook LLC so that we both benefit. I understand that I cannot simply straight borrow from it, even if the terms are on par with the market. However, can...

I had some funds remaining in my self directed ira and wanted to see if this would be an acceptable transaction.Here's the scenario:Tyler's (me) Ira lends 50k to John (made up individual) via secured promissory noteJ...

And what do you think of these oil companies and their low stock prices?