The Secret To Creating Wealth: The Real Estate IRA
Would you like to buy and sell real estate without paying taxes? Do you want to know the secret to creating true wealth? The fact is that the wealthy often pay less in taxes because they have tax shelters and one of the best tax shelters around is the IRA account, specifically the Roth IRA.
What is a Roth IRA?
The Roth IRA came into existence in 1998 and is named after the late Senator William V. Roth, Jr. The chief advantage of a Roth IRA is obvious. Although there is no deferral of taxes on the money originally invested in a Roth IRA, as in other IRAs, all income earned by the investments in a Roth account is tax free when it is withdrawn. Another benefit is that you are not required to take distributions beginning at age 70 1/2 as with other accounts, so if you don't need the money to live on, it can continue growing and earning for you tax free.
Also, a Roth IRA makes it easier in some cases to take early withdrawals without penalties compared to other retirement accounts.
But what does this have to do with real estate? You accountant or stock broker probably did not tell you this, but you can actually buy real estate, tax certificates and even mortgages and notes in your IRA! This is a great way to supercharge your retirement investments.
If you call your local stockbroker and tell them you want to buy real estate in your IRA, he will probably tell you that it's not possible and will try to steer you away from such an idea, because he will not make a commission. The key to investing in real estate with your IRA account is going through a special custodian that offers it.
The property will be titled in the custodian's name. For example my tax lien investments are titled as "Equity Trust Company Custodian FBO Donald Carlos Scarpero IRA." The county where my tax certificates are located gets the tax id number for Equity Trust and I pay no tax at all on this investment. My custodian, Equity Trust, handles all expenses associated with my property per the instructions that I send them.
My custodian also offers college savings accounts, so I even have my son's college savings invested in real estate growing tax free at a much higher return than the local bank.
Is that great or what!
So, if you want to grow your investments quickly like the big players, then look into opening a real estate IRA today..
Real Estate Bubble Impacts Tax Planning
(ContentDesk) November 16, 2005 -- Traditionally, real estate investors have been using 1031 exchanges to avoid paying income taxes on sale of real estate.
This is accomplished by selling real estate and rolling over any taxable gain into new real estate.Jacob Stein, a well-known tax attorney in Los Angeles, California who represents many real estate developers and investors, states that he has observed a recent trend among his clients to forego the 1031 exchange route.
"Real estate investors are beginning to realize that there is a bubble in the real estate market and that maybe it is time to cash out."But cashing out means recognizing taxable gain.
Mr. Stein points out that there are several available tax planning alternatives to defer recognizing gain on sale of real estate.
One noteable technique that has passed IRS scrutiny is the so-called private annuity transaction.
In this transaction a real estate investor actually cashes out, receiving...
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The real estate market doesn't explode or crash 3. The market has limited impact on the seasoned investor The Real Estate "Market" is an overall view of micro markets nation wide.When people talk about real estate economics they are usually referring to national or international statistics which in truth are made up of thousands on micro or local real estate markets. So even though you might find a North America wide trend there are still many, many markets which will be completely at odds with the overall numbers. Real Estate Markets...
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Changing Real Estate Environment Turns BiggerPockets.com into Indispensable Resource
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