A checkbook control IRA gives you direct command of your retirement money — you write the checks and send the wires yourself, instead of waiting on a custodi...
Most people assume a retirement account can only buy real estate in cash. Not accurate — your Self-Directed IRA LLC can borrow. But it can use exactly one ty...
You found the property. The seller wants offers by EOD Friday. Your custodian needs 7–10 business days to wire funds. By the time the money clears, the prope...
Federal SDIRA rules are the same in California as anywhere else. California layers on its own set of state-specific rules — most of them tax-related — that m...
If your self-directed IRA owns a property you eventually want to live in or cash out, the exit deserves as much planning as the purchase. Get it right and yo...
Off-market deals reward speed and certainty of close — exactly what a Checkbook IRA LLC provides. When your IRA owns an LLC with its own bank account, you ca...
Here's the rule to internalize before anything else: while your IRA owns the property, it is not your home. It's a retirement investment, and you cannot use ...
A Self-Directed Roth IRA is the most powerful wrapper in retirement investing for one reason: every dollar of growth comes out tax-free. Hold a rental that d...
Your IRA can act as the bank — funding short-term real estate loans secured by a recorded deed of trust and earning interest tax-deferred (or tax-free in a R...
Picking the right self-directed IRA company matters more than picking your first investment. The wrong fee structure quietly drains returns for as long as yo...
Private lending — your IRA acts as the bank, secured by a recorded deed of trust on real property — is one of the cleanest, most predictable strategies insid...
Most self-directed IRA mistakes don't trigger a small penalty. They trigger a full disqualification — meaning the IRS treats the entire account as distribute...