Disappointed with the returns on your retirement account? Do you need to rollover a 401K?

There is an emerging and growing trend among smart and savvy individual retirement account (IRA) and 401k owners....investing their retirement funds in a Self Directed IRA LLC with checkbook control and using the LLC to purchase real estate and other non-traditional IRA investments such as mortgages and trust deeds, tax liens, private partnerships, limited liability companies (LLC's), business opportunities, Forex and more.

You can participate in this trend by setting up your own truly Self Directed IRA LLC with Checkbook Control.

To set up and make investments from your own Self Directed IRA LLC you will need to:

By using the LLC to make the investment ...you as the manager of the LLC will then have checkbook control of your investments.

When you have an investment you want to purchase...all you need to do is to write a check from your LLC bank account to purchase the investment product in the LLC's name. There are no approvals necessary from your custodian. There is no time delay awaiting approval from your custodian.

The most important step and the key ingredient is to have a properly prepared Self Directed IRA LLC Operating Agreement that meets the specific requirements for a Self Directed IRA LLC.

If the option of using tax-deferred funds to purchase investments, property or mortgages in your retirement planning sounds appealing, you will need to locate an independent IRA Custodian that permits self-directed ira investments.

Banks and brokerage companies - the most common IRA account custodians - limit your choices to certificates of deposit, stocks, mutual funds, annuities, and similar financial instruments as it is their best interest to do so - they make their money from the sale of these types of investments and they generally only offer their own captive products to their self directed IRA account holders. By using an independent IRA custodian that does not offer affiliated investment products, you can direct your retirement funds to any qualified investment that meets your requirements.

Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code permits individuals to use a self-directed IRA to purchase land, commercial property, condominiums, residential property, mortgages, trust deeds, real estate contracts or private placements and many other types of investments with funds held in many common forms of IRAs, including 401k's, a traditional IRA, a Roth IRA , and a Simplified Employee Pension Plan, or SEP-IRA. (see IRS Publication 590).

Using a Self-Directed IRA LLC with check book control in your financial plan puts you in control of your retirement funds and will enable YOU to determine how your retirement plan and pension plan funds are invested.

The topics on our menu under "Ten Steps to a Self Directed IRA" will give you a complete overview of setting up a Self Directed IRA LLC with checkbook control. They include all the resources you need to successfully complete the process.

SelfDirectedIRA.org can assist you in setting up your own Self Directed IRA LLC please see "Set Up Your Self Directed IRA LLC" or call:

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