A self-directed IRA is a retirement account, held by a specialized custodian, that permits investment in alternative assets including real estate, rather than the stocks, bonds, and funds typical custodians allow.
Log in to followI run a couple of small multifamily buildings in my own name and I'm thinking about a single-family rental for the IRA side. What I can't pin down is the cost of the wrapper itsel…
My IRA has about $40,000 in it. Rural markets around me have livable single-family houses in the $55,000 to $70,000 range, so all cash is out of reach unless prices drop. Somebody…
Reading a custodian's account agreement and the signature block is confusing me. The purchase contract apparently gets signed by the custodian as trustee for the benefit of my IRA…
Working through a structure question. Say the IRA buys a $300,000 four-plex with $200,000 of IRA cash and a $100,000 non-recourse loan, so the debt-financed percentage starts near…
A friend pointed me toward holding a small rental inside a Roth vs a traditional IRA and I got stuck on the far end of it. If the account has to start paying me out at some point,…
I own a small rental through an LLC I control. The idea I had was to sell it to my IRA at an appraised price so the future rent grows tax-deferred. Cash changes hands at market va…
I've got an IRA at a big brokerage and I'm looking at moving part of it to a self-directed custodian to buy a small rental. On the intro call the rep said something that stopped m…