Most people researching self-directed IRA rules have a specific plan in mind: buying a rental property with retirement money, often through a setup called a checkbook IRA. Your IRA is allowed to own that property. What costs investors their tax protection is who the IRA does business with after it
Most investors who look at assisted living see a demographic story. The first baby boomers turned 80 this year, and there aren’t enough beds waiting for them. But the other half of the story gets less attention. The banks that used to finance these communities have pulled back just as
Most people who invest in apartments follow the same line of thinking. Everyone needs a place to live, so a full building should keep paying its investors even when the economy slows. The demand is certainly there. With the high cost of buying a home pushing more people to rent,
In real estate, “private placement” sounds like insider jargon, but it just means a sponsor raising money for a property or a fund directly from a small group of investors instead of selling shares on the stock market. That label doesn’t make a deal good or bad. What matters is
Most people weighing a private real estate investment start with the projected return. It’s the headline number and it’s designed to capture your attention. But I’d look at it last, because that number is only as good as the team standing behind it. We’ll compare the main private real estate
Most investors reading Yieldstreet reviews want to know one thing: whether the platform, now called Willow Wealth, deserves their money. The reviews can tell you what went wrong there, but they can’t teach you how to spot the same warning signs on the next platform you consider. It’s worth looking
Most investors searching for real estate funds start with a familiar short list: a well-known REIT, a Vanguard or Schwab ETF, maybe an actively managed fund an advisor mentioned. Those are solid choices, but every one of them is built on publicly traded stocks, so your real estate rises and
Investors hear “senior housing” and see a demographic inevitability: more than 11,000 Americans turning 65 every day, a nationwide shortage of care facilities, and occupancy rates above 90%. The opportunity looks obvious. But senior housing is the only major real estate asset class where you’re also investing in an operating
Most investors treat capital preservation as a trade-off: you protect your principal, and in return, you accept that your money will grow slowly, if it keeps pace with inflation at all. But that assumption is based on a limited set of tools. For accredited investors willing to look beyond the
