Pros and Cons of Self Directed IRA Real Estate Investing  

If you are looking for total control of your IRA investments and are tired of having to refer decisions over investment strategies to unimaginative advisors who tie your hands behind your back when it comes to making investment choices, or who are simply limited to his or her company's range of products or investment policies, and of custodians who over-stringently interpret IRS investment regulations, then a self directed IRA is for you.

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Seven Mainstream Fallacies about investing with Self Directed IRAs Challenged  

With the current downturn in the stock market and the likelihood that interest rates will remain low in the long term, there has been considerable interest in investing self directed 401(k) or IRA funds in real estate.

Ironically, there seems to be a direct correlation between the surge of interest in the area and the lack of accurate information about it. There are several fallacies promoted as fact about this kind of investment. I would like to address each of them in turn.

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