How to Take Control of Your Retirement with a Self Directed IRA
Many of us have a substantial amount of our net worth and investment capital in our retirement accounts: IRAs, 401Ks from previous and current jobs, etc.
Most of the time, funds in these accounts are invested in just a few mutual funds and maybe some stocks and bonds approved by your plan administrator, typically a stock brokerage firm or mutual fund company — not surprisingly, these firms have conflicts of interest in restricting your investment choices to products they sell.
After the recent stock market turmoil, you may be wondering:
Are there better options than the typical stocks, bonds, mutual funds that I can invest in through my retirement account?
If you already love alternative investments (such as real estate, notes, private equity business ownership, etc.) or buy alternative assets with non-retirement money, you may be missing an opportunity to purchase these same assets with money in your retirement account.
What you might not know is that the IRS allows you to invest in many other types of assets in your retirement accounts – you just have to work with a truly “self directed” account administrator.
Interview with Kaaren Hall, President of uDirect IRA Services and Self Directed IRA Expert
Today, I interviewed Kaaren Hall, who knows all about investing through self-directed IRAs.
Listen to this 29-min. interview and find out how you can take control of your retirement, because “no one cares more about your money than you”!
This interview is jam packed with valuable content and will answer many questions you may have regarding self-directed IRAs. Please comment and let us know what topics you would like us to cover in future interviews.
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I like the section on the unusual and creative things you can invest in, like Super Bowl tickets!
It would be fun to do a follow-up interview just on the topic of creative investments people have made in their self-directed IRAs. We’re so brain washed by Wall Street and main stream media that the only investments most people think of for their retirement accounts are stocks, bonds, mutual funds.