What is the Best Self-Directed IRA for Cryptocurrency?
You may have heard that cryptocurrency—one of the major financial stories of the last decade—is now taxed much like a stock. While many people wonder what this means for the […]
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Self-Directed IRA Custodian Fee Comparison
When you do ordinary shopping, it’s easy to compare prices of one product against another. After all, they’re the same product. But when you’re doing something like weighing the Self-Directed […]
Hardship Distributions From Self-Directed IRAs
Life happens. Many investors have found themselves needing to tap into an IRA because of a short-term financial crunch, purchase a first-time home for themselves or a family member, or […]
Using a Self-Directed IRA to Buy Real Estate
Individual retirement accounts, also known as IRAs, are often invested in stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, or even ETFs. But what many people don’t know is that one of the […]
What are Self-Directed IRA Administrators?
A Self-Directed IRA is fairly easy to understand. It means that the investor takes control over the IRA, making decisions about what goes into the retirement account by working with […]
What to Know About Self-Directed IRAs
Investors all over the country flock to Self-Directed IRAs because it opens up all sorts of possibilities with retirement investing. But how does it actually work in real life, and […]
What Are Private Notes in Self-Directed IRA Investing?
When many people think about loans from a Self-Directed IRA, they often think about what kinds of loans they can take from it. For example, a Self-Directed Solo 401(k) plan […]
What Does a Self-Directed IRA Custodian Do?
When you direct your own retirement investing account, it’s easy to figure out what you do. You pick the assets you want to invest in. You strive to pick the […]
Out of Ideas? It May Be Time to Invest in a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA
The world of investing can be big and intimidating—especially in a world of rising interest rates, rampant inflation, and uncertainty in the economy at large. That’s why investors often turn […]
Self-Directed IRA Statistics
You might have heard of a Self-Directed IRA—but do you know the hard numbers behind who uses them, how they use them, and what retirement planning looks like in the […]