Self-Directed IRA & 401k Blog
Welcome to New Direction IRA’s Self Directed IRA Blog. We make a good effort to keep valuable and relevant blog articles coming on a regular basis. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and participate in our blogs. Please be sure to share your thoughts and responses to our words on Self Directed IRA investing.
A Learning Lesson in Checkbook Control IRAs: Part 2
LLC IRA and Checkbook Control IRA: Part 2 I went back to the internet and started researching LLCs and Checkbook Control IRAs. After filtering through the companies that offered to help setup an LLC IRA, I finally found a website that had more comprehensive information about the pros and cons...
The Five Year Rule for Roth IRA Withdrawals – Made Simple
If you’re one of many investors contributing to a Roth IRA or considering a Roth Conversion for an existing pre-tax retirement account, it’s important to understand exactly how the “Five Year Rule” works. Below is a short explanation of how the rule affects your IRA distributions. What is the Five...
Best Practices in Gold and Precious Metals IRA Investing
A lot of people are surprised when they learn that IRA rules allow them to hold real gold bullion, gold coins and other similar forms of precious metals within their retirement accounts. But IRA rules give investors a lot of leeway as to what you can hold. You don’t have...
A Learning Lesson in Checkbook Control IRAs: Part 1
LLC IRA and Checkbook Control IRA : Part 1 I was tired of my financial adviser not giving me enough information and not being available when I wanted help. I was tired of the stock market; tired of not knowing what was really happening with my retirement funds. I wanted...
The 10K IRA – New Year’s Resolution: Start a Retirement Plan
The 10K IRA blog series is one of my New Year’s resolutions. I work in the Business Development Department at New Direction IRA, am in my mid-twenties, and have discovered a lot of my friends have not started any sort of retirement plan. Over the upcoming months, I will be...
We have a new website: Video message from our founders
If you haven’t been to our website in a while, you’ll surely notice that it’s a bit different looking. As of January 1, 2012, Entrust New Direction IRA has become simply “New Direction IRA, Inc.” and we’ve taken it upon ourselves to redesign our website from the ground up. We’re...
Have you heard the news? New Direction IRA is going National!
As of January 1, 2012, Entrust New Direction IRA has become simply “New Direction IRA, Inc.” by virtue of the mutual dissolution of the franchise system by us and The Entrust Group. Although our name is changing, our business model remains on the same firm footing. The custodian that holds...
Best Practices for Real Estate IRA Investing
How to manage your Real Estate IRA Investments… For those with a penchant for real estate investing, IRAs are a potent vehicle indeed. Outside of a tax-advantaged account, such as an IRA or a SEP IRA, rental income is taxable every year, as you receive it, and passive activity rules...
Personal Empowerment for Personal Finance for Self-Directed IRAs
A lot of skills in life require the empowerment that comes from learning and practice: basketball, riding the subway in New York City, ordering sushi, and, as it turns out, making financial moves. In 2008, like a lot of other people with retirement accounts invested in public securities, my friend...
5 Little-Known Facts About IRA Investments in Real Estate
1. An IRA can secure a loan in order purchase an asset. If you have a property in mind but don’t have the funds in your account to purchase it outright, the IRA may be able to secure a non-recourse loan. Keep in mind that not all lenders make this...
