Putting your hard-earned IRA assets into a “self-directed” IRA can be a very good idea to grow long-term, tax-deferred or tax-free assets. But it doesn’t work for everyone. With taxes going up for most people, you might be paying more attention to your tax-deferred retirement investing options, such as your Individual Retirement Account (IRA). And with

Imagine you could invest $100,000 in a piece of real estate today and sell it 20 years from now for nearly $400,000 without paying a dime in taxes. If you could buy that real estate with funds held in a Roth IRA, that could happen. And if the proceeds were drawn-out judiciously, you could even

An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is a type of savings account that is designed to help you save for retirement and offers many tax advantages. Traditionally, financial institution offers you an IRA that is essentially a portfolio which consists of stocks, bonds and other underlying assets. While most of these portfolios are believed to be low risk-low