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A show dedicated to educating and informing self-directed IRA and 401(k) investors on strategies, investments, legal structures, tax rules, and pitfalls. Hosted by tax lawyers Mat Sorensen and Mark Kohler who are also co-founders of Directed IRA & Directed Trust Company.
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![EP 41 – Buying and Selling Land in Your IRA](https://directedira.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/podcast_250x250.jpg)
EP 41 – Buying and Selling Land in Your IRA
In this Podcast, we covered buying raw land in your IRA or Solo 401(k) for investment holding or to be improved and sold for profit. Mat and Mark explain the prohibited transaction issues, structuring problems, and when taxes may apply when doing certain development or improvement activities.
Save Your Self-Directed IRA
Now is the time to speak up if you care about investment choice in your IRA. Our ability to invest our IRAs into real estate, LLCs, small businesses, and start-ups is at risk if the current $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill passes as drafted. This bill is over 800...
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EP 40 – Fixing an Excess Roth Contribution
Mark and Mat explain when you need to fix an excess Roth contribution in the event your income exceeded Roth contribution requirements.
![Everyday IRA Savers Who Self-Direct Will Lose Big Under House Tax Bill](https://directedira.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/TaxBill_MatSorensen-1080x627.jpeg)
Everyday IRA Savers Who Self-Direct Will Lose Big Under House Tax Bill
There are over one million IRA accounts that invest in real estate, small businesses, start-ups, LLCs, crowdfunding offerings, and private companies. Contrary to news headlines, these savers are not the ultra-wealthy and 98% of them have accounts less than $1M....