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Guest Article by Michael Cobb: If you had a time machine and could see the future, would you be able to make better decisions? Would you be a better investor? They seems like silly questions, but we would make better decisions if we knew the future, wouldn’t we? If we could see what was going […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Michael Cobb: Part three of the 15 Critical “Must Ask” Questions when Buying Real Estate Overseas deals with “Knowing the Developer” and using the marriage analogy here is appropriate. Not many of us meet a girl in a bar and get married the next day, but it does happen. When it does […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Greg Fencik: In real property law, title is the means whereby a person’s right to property is established. Title should not be confused with a deed. A deed is merely a piece of paper that serves as evidence of title. The possessor of a deed may not, in fact, have legal title to […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by James K. Duerr: So you thought you could defer taxes on your IRA forever? Sorry, the IRS will not wait forever. Although pretax money going into a Traditional IRA is tax deferred, there is a requirement at age 70 ½, to take RMD’s (required minimum distributions). The minimum distribution is based […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Matt Lutz: Anyone with a self-directed retirement account will tell you adding alternative investments to the portfolio can supercharge investment returns and enables investors to participate in asset classes where they are most skilled and knowledgeable. After one learns about self-directed investing, he or she will typically make the same types of investments utilizing the […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Michael Cobb: Part two of the 15 Critical “Must Ask” Questions when Buying Real Estate Overseas will focus on “Owning Community.” While this seems like a no-brainer to most folks from North America, it really goes to the heart of what big brother does for us in North America and just how […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Michael Cobb: Everyone buying property outside of North America needs to remember the famous words of Dorothy to Toto after being dropped into Oz, “I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore.” When going offshore, especially to places that feel familiar, we must be very, very careful. In fact, the more familiar it […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Augie Byllott: You may be asking yourself, “What’s a sandwich lease option?” It’s an incredible financial instrument for creating profits without ownership. Let me explain. It gets its name for the way everything is structured between the seller, you (the investor), and the tenant-buyer. You step in and negotiate a long-term option agreement with the seller, […]
Continue ReadingArticle by NuView President, Glen Mather: We’re often asked during our seminars and continuing education classes on self-directed IRAs whether investors can use their IRA to make a down-payment on investment property, and the short answer is yes. But there are two rules to be aware of when leveraging IRAs: First, the IRA must purchase […]
Continue ReadingGuest article by Tom Brickman: With the stock market at all-time highs, many have forgotten that six years ago everyone’s stock portfolio lost a gut-wrenching 40 percent in eight months, and with money market rates around 0.4 percent, cash is not keeping pace with inflation. High volatility with a low yield is an unpleasant combination […]
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