Hi, I'm hearing a lot of mixed messages about buying real estate in a self directed IRA. I've mostly heard that it's a good strategy but lately I'm hearing that you lose all tax advantages normally allowed. Can someon...

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I heard an interesting statistic earlier.   Supposedly, in the ABQ area, 1 in 5 purchases right now are Investment purchases.  While I need to verify this, I found it very interesting and am curious about what others ...

Hi All. Fairly new to RE. Retired for 7 years, and have been working P/T for an events company which i enjoy. I flipped a house in 2017, and w/ all the work and hassles, decided it wasn't for me. Loaned a contractor m...

One of my IRAs is housed at a traditional broker and is invested in a Private Equity Fund. This was before I knew of self directed IRAs.  I now have established a Checkbook IRA (SDIRA LLC) which owns shares of a diffe...

Assuming the employer matches 100% of the amount contributed. Knowing that a traditional tax-deferred 401k allows me to borrow up to half of investment dollars (that inclusive of company match funds), or up to $50k, a...

Question for the smart masses. I am catching up on podcast and I listened to episode 55 featuring @Jimmy Moncrief. He stated you could use a retirement account as collateral for an unsecured loan.  Does anyone know an...

I am currently looking at a 15 unit complex sales prices$1,350,000.  Net rents (minus 5% vacancies) is $170k expenses are $48k.  Cap rate would be about 9%.  I am thinking of doing a self directed IRA to pay for the d...

Hello everyone... I recently set up and have moved money into a Self Directed IRA.  I initially thought I would loan money on a short term basis to a group that bought, rehabbed and sold properties, but discovered oth...

I built a sizable real estate portfolio cash flowing about 5100 a month. I want to know if anyone in here ever cashed in their IRA/401k's--- took the penalty and invested in real estate cash flow?