Real Estate by Clint Coons | November 11, 2010 
Last week I discussed some of the prohibited transaction rules concerning retirement accounts. The point of my post was to make readers aware of the minefields that exist when investing in real estate in these accounts. These rules apply to all forms of retirement accounts, i.e., IRA, 401(k), ROTH IRA, Defined Benefit Plans, ESOP, 401(a), [...]
Read the full article → Real Estate by Clint Coons | November 4, 2010Considering investing in real estate with your IRA? Sounds great and there are a number of companies who actively promote real estate investing through a “Self Directed IRA”. For a fee, you can roll over an existing IRA or 401k from a previous employer and gain control over how your funds are invested. The problem [...]
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A Tax Free Retirement
by Tom Koziol | November 21, 2008Doesn’t that sound dandy? Retiring with tax free dollars. Almost reads like a come-on from a certain East Coast based investment hustler. My friends, as of this writing if you own the product I am about to explain, you have a tax free retirement vehicle second to none. How you grow it determines how much [...]