Self Directed IRA Articles

Article #1
How to Transfer Funds into a Self-Directed IRA?
To transfer funds to your self-directed IRA, you need to work in conjunction with a self directed IRA custodian to ensure that all government regulations are followed. This is not optional. It’s mandated by law.

The only duty of the custodian is to set up your self directed IRA account and to oversee it. They do not advise you on investments or profit in any way from the investment decision you make, that is between you and your professional advisors. Read more

Article #2
How to Rollover Retirement Funds into a Self-Directed IRA
Many investors confuse the term and/or use it interchangeably with transferring funds. To roll over investment funds and transfer them are two completely different things. The difference is in whether or not you touch them.

When you roll over retirement funds from one account to the next, you receive the funds and have 60 days from the time they are disbursed to deposit them into another IRA. If you don’t do it in this time period, you incur tax penalties. In a transfer, you never touch the funds. They are transferred directly from one IRA account custodian to another IRA account custodian. Read More

Article #3
Three Options to Consider When Trying to Decide How to Invest in Real Estate with Your Self-Directed IRA
As real estate prices fall and foreclosures hit all time highs, using your self-directed IRA to invest in real estate could potentially put you light years ahead of others market.  Did you know that by some accounts, only 3% of workers invest in real estate as a retirement option? The other 97% focus totally on traditional investments like stocks, bonds and mutual funds.  Read the rest of the story...

Article #4
Why Self-Directed IRAs are Becoming More Popular
Self-directed IRAs are becoming more popular. That’s a fact. What you may not understand is why.
Mutual funds, stocks and bonds; what do they have in common? They are all investments you can make with your self-directed IRA money. How about real estate, notes, tax liens and mortgages? These are investments you can make with your IRA account funds as well, but that are rarely, if ever, offered by traditional IRA account managers. Read More