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Everyone wants to retire early and relax. But what many people do not consider is that early retirement means the need for more retirement funding. If you would like to retire early you may need ...

Can an investor make an investment in a startup through an IRA? The short answer to this question is yes, but (and there almost always seems to be a "but") doing so could result in ...

One of life’s most important lessons is learning how to stretch a dollar. This lesson is even more important in retirement. Life brings new challenges every day that make us learn to sacrifice our wants and provide for our ...

If you are a savvy investor seeking a broad diversification of alternative assets in which to invest for retirement, a self-directed IRA might be for you. As an investor, you are likely familiar with regular ...

Many first-time home buyers use their retirement funds to purchase a home or provide a large down payment. Extra funding up front will allow monthly mortgage payments to be lower and may give you more ...

We host the RITA IRA Institute twice a year, every year. This is an event for self-directed retirement professionals, registered representatives, brokers, real estate professionals, attorneys, CPAs, and banking regulators alike. At the IRA Institute, ...

The new decade is bringing on a variety of changes. Some are exciting: new technology, new ways of living, new people in the spotlight. But some are not so glamorous. It seems that the days ...

Retirement jargon can be complicated to understand and, sometimes, even a tiny bit confusing, yet it is necessary to decipher. We want to lay out the basics of retirement for you, explain what the most ...

In these uncertain times, you might be wondering what the COVID-19 crisis means for your financial future. Three retirement relief measures made it into the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act ...

An IRA is one of the best and most common ways to save up money for retirement. Sadly, figuring out how to manage your IRA is not exactly simple. There are so many mistakes you ...