Prohibited Self-Directed IRA Investments – While you can invest in a wide variety of alternative assets in your tax-deferred account, [...]
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Self-Directed Checkbook Control IRAs
November 5, 2011
There are regular Self-Directed IRAs and Checkbook Control Self-Directed IRAs, which allow you to form an LLC inside the IRA [...]
What Is a Self-Directed IRA And What Allows You To Buy Real Estate With It
November 5, 2011
Section 408 of the Internal Revenue Code permits individuals to use a self-directed IRA to purchase real estate investments such [...]
How To Use Self Directed IRA for Buying Real Estate Without Paying Interest or Penalties!
November 5, 2011
Use self directed IRA money to buy investments of your choice, such as real estate rental properties, without distribution taxes [...]
Articles on Self-Directed IRA Investing
November 5, 2011
Alternative investments: What Advisors are Using Investment News, 08/09/2011 Mixed Up on the Right Asset Mix SmartMoney, 03/30/2011 Benefits of [...]
List of Self-Directed IRA Companies
November 5, 2011
Self-Directed IRA Companies: http://www.udirectira.com/ – newer than others, but one of the best http://www.EquityTrust.com – The one I have and [...]
2010 Small Business Jobs Act Tax Breaks
January 15, 2011
2010 Small Business Jobs Act Tax Breaks by Asset Protection Attorney Clint Coons The recently enacted 2010 Small Business Jobs [...]
Converting a 401k to a ROTH IRA
October 3, 2010
Converting a 401k to a ROTH IRA By Clint Coons, Asset Protection Attorney, Seattle, WA A question I often receive [...]
California Unclaimed Property – FREE Search
July 14, 2010
Go to this CA State Controller’s California Unclaimed Property website to see if you are due any money. Plug your [...]
Credit Card Reform May Shock You – Not What You Thought!
March 4, 2010
Credit Card Reform May Shock You Your next credit card statement is going to contain an ugly truth: how much [...]
Financial Questions to Ask Before Getting Married
February 23, 2010
Financial questions to ask before you get married – a great article. After you read it, let us know what [...]
Avoid IRS Tax Audit
February 20, 2010
Tax Audit – How To Avoid One! Worried about a tax audit? Maybe you should be. More Americans than ever [...]
How to Organize Bills & Mail
February 16, 2010
How to Organize Bills – a great article on doing it by mail or electronically. When I was doing them [...]
Top 5 Credit Repair Experts on Twitter
February 5, 2010
Top 5 Credit Repair Experts on Twitter From my friend’s blog Megan-McGinnis.com… Great info, or check out our Credit Category [...]
Improving Your Credit Score Part 2 – Tweak Your FICOs by 20 Points Quickly
December 31, 2009
Improving Your Credit Score Part 2 – Tweak Your FICOs by 20 Points Quickly You can increase your FICO scores [...]
Improving Your Credit Score Part 1 – Preferred Types of Credit & Amounts
December 30, 2009
Improving Your Credit Score Tips So what are some specific tips for boosting or improving your credit score? Amounts Owed [...]
FICO Credit – Revealed: How Common Credit Mistakes Affect Scores
December 5, 2009
The “damage points” data, unveiled recently by FICO, are part of the most revealing glimpse into the firm’s once-secret — [...]
Personal Finances – 7 Big Money Mistakes to Avoid
December 3, 2009
Personal finances can be a tricky subject to advise on, especially without knowing someone’s specific financial situation. I agree [...]
FICO Credit Score – What’s It Comprised Of?
November 28, 2009
The FICO credit score is comprised of a number of different components, which are broken down below for your reference. [...]
Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 3 of 3)
October 31, 2009
Credit card mistakes and blunders are common. Experts graded a range of credit card mistakes on a scale from 1 (losing [...]
Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 2 of 3)
October 30, 2009
Credit Card mistakes and blunders are common. Experts graded a range of credit card mistakes on a scale from 1 (losing [...]
Credit Card Mistakes – How Bad Are Yours? (Part 1 of 3)
October 29, 2009
Credit Card Mistakes – Grade yours on a 10-point scale. Nobody’s perfect. When it comes to our financial lives, we’ve [...]
6 Must-Have Millionaire Habits
October 27, 2009
Acquiring wealth isn’t a priority for everyone, but it’s safe to say that most of us want to live comfortably. [...]
BlastOff is Sending YOUR Kids to College!
October 4, 2009
BlastOff is throwing out all the rules! Minimum age requirement is ONLY 13 years old, and your kids can earn [...]
Save More for Retirement with The Saver’s Credit
October 4, 2009
The Saver’s Credit is a tax credit that partially subsidizes the retirement savings of lower-income taxpayers. Government will actually help low-income earners save for retirement!
Affiliate Marketing Explained – Part I
October 4, 2009
Affiliate Marketing is something even I was unclear about until recently, and for those of you who are not clear [...]
Affiliate Marketing Explained-Part II
October 4, 2009
Affiliate Marketing Compensation …In affiliate marketing, the affiliate is compensated for every visitor, subscriber and/or customer provided through his efforts. [...]
Affiliate Marketing Explained – Part III
October 4, 2009
Affiliate Marketing Benefits Affiliate marketing is an extremely advantageous arrangement for both the marketer and the affiliate. In the case [...]
Retirment Planning – You Have to Start Early
October 1, 2009
Retirement Planning has to start early, or you’ll be losing 100′s of thousands of dollars, if not millions, in compound [...]
Budgeting – Reduce Your Housing & Living Cost
September 28, 2009
Budgeting – the “B” word nobody wants to talk about, but we are going to address it here today. Do [...]
Improving Your Credit Score
September 24, 2009
So what are some specific tips for boosting or improving your credit score? Amounts Owed Tips Keep balances below 30% [...]
Credit Score and Credit Report Basics
September 23, 2009
Find out what your credit score (FICO) is made up of, and what it takes to improve a bad credit score.







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