New Direction Trust Company – Learn more about investing in Real Estate with our featured blog posts.
A real estate IRA doesn’t have to hold tangible property. The power of self-directed investing lies in your capacity to put almost any strategy to work for your retirement. There are many “subcategories” in the real estate field—long-term rental properties, fix & flips, land speculation, etc.—all of which your self-directed IRA can hold.
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We are a private financial trust based in Louisville, Colorado that provides best-in-class custodial services for more than 50,000 self-directed accounts and holds $3.7 billion in cash and assets for our clients. Our ongoing mission is to provide the education, flexibility, and account management tools investors need to realize that the spectrum of self-directed investments is broader and easier to manage than they think.
Self-directed investing is all about options. We founded NDTCO on the belief that investors deserve the freedom to invest in assets they know and believe in. You may be aware that you can buy a property with a self-directed IRA, but you may not have known your full spectrum options within this asset class. Ready … Read More
An often overlooked option available to many self-directed retirement account investors is to use debt in IRA real estate investing. One reason is a retirement account loan must be a non-recourse loan. This means the only recourse the lender has is the investment property itself as collateral. The borrower cannot be held personally liable in … Read More
Real estate IRA investing can be a surprisingly easy method for savvy investors to supercharge their retirement returns. Many are familiar with real estate investing outside of a tax-advantaged account. In many ways, the process of investing with such an account is quite similar. Most retirement investors don’t know this, partly because they are simply … Read More
When it comes to owning real estate in an IRA, it may be tempting to use your account-held property. However, the IRS prohibits such use. Prohibited transactions can result in steep penalties and distribution of the account. At NDTCO, we hear a lot of questions from investors about what they can and can’t do with … Read More
Leverage can be a valuable tool to increase the buying power of an IRA. Leveraging means borrowing funds to increase purchase power and acquiring a property that would otherwise be unaffordable. Surprisingly, many people aren’t aware that their IRA or 401k funds can utilize a non-recourse loan for a real estate IRA investment. Ready to open … Read More
Is it possible to “partner” with your IRA? Let’s say I provide half of the (non-retirement) money and my IRA supplies the other half. “We” then elect to execute a fix & flip. We would each receive 50% of the net profits, correct? I thought you could only do this if you start a business … Read More
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