What is a Self-Directed IRA? A Self-Directed IRA (or SD IRA) is an account that gives you the ability to use your retirement funds to invest in “alternative investments,” i.e. investments off Wall Street (not just stocks, bonds, and mutual funds). The most common alternative investment is real estate. Get more details about what a Self-Directed […]
By Brian Boisier Ok, full disclosure here. I am the Marketing Director here at Broad Financial. But one of the first things I did when I was hired in May was open my own Self-Directed IRA, and invest in Bitcoin on itBit. I did this for two reasons: Before I was hired by Broad Financial, […]
By Brian Boisier If you’re like me, you were getting fed up with logging in to your IRA or 401(k) online portal to find that you’ve actually had a -1% loss over the last month. Or worse, not even having the heart to log in and check balances after reading headlines such as these in […]
Welcome To This Week's Cryptocurrency News Roundup Each week, we will provide you with some of the latest news from around the crypto and blockchain world. We know how quickly this space changes (or hopefully, surges), so we want to offer you a snapshot from the digital coin universe from the last week. Here's the […]
In the next few weeks, we will be going over some of the more popular investment options for Self-Directed IRAs and Solo 401(k)s. Today, our focus is on private businesses: First private, and then public. That’s the dream, right? Your old college roommate is starting a killer new app that’s going to revolutionize the way […]
Welcome To This Week's Cryptocurrency News Roundup Each week, we will provide you with some of the latest news from around the crypto and blockchain world. We know how quickly this space changes (or hopefully, surges), so we want to offer you a snapshot from the digital coin universe from the last week. Here's the […]
https://www.broadfinancial.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Untitled-design-6-1024x512.png In the next few weeks, we will be going over some of the more popular investment options for Self-Directed IRAs and Solo 401(k)s. Today, our focus is on private loans: The term “personal loan” has a distinctively untrustworthy feel about it. You make a personal loan to your brother-in-law of $2,000, and then you […]
So you’re buying a property with your Self-Directed IRA. Once you get past the deal making, the paperwork of purchase, and the tedious talking to attorneys that is almost inevitable, then you get to place your paws on the property itself. Obviously you’re not going to be living there, (thank you very much Prohibited Transactions,) […]