3 Advantages to Having a Checkbook Control Self-Directed IRA, LLC

Today I’ll be shedding more light on checkbook self-directed IRAs, LLC after receiving some questions from a few of you.

Unlike more traditional self-directed IRAs, where your funds are held by a custodian who acts as
an authority on each transaction, the owner of a checkbook self-directed IRA, LLC possesses full
control, which is commonly referred to as “checkbook control.”

There are three benefits that set checkbook self-directed IRAs, LCC apart:

1. You’ll be able to keep more from a fix and flip. If you’re looking to use funds from your IRA
to fix and flip a piece of real estate, you’ll preserve 100% of your gains because you won’t have
that 40% taken right off the top due to the income tax you’d ordinarily incur from an ordinary fix and
flip.  

2. You can skip the excessively long process of a 1030 exchange. If you’re a rental property
owner and you want to upgrade to a new property, you would typically be stuck going through a
1030 exchange, which can be a slow-moving process. But with a checkbook self-directed IRA, LLC,
you’ll eliminate those long waiting periods because you’ll have full autonomy to write checks for
the necessary services and expedite the buying process.

3. You’ll have fewer fees to worry about. Rather than having to pay the litany of fees, such
as asset-based fees, that come with normal self-directed IRAs, you’ll simply pay an annualized
custodian fee that tends to be much more reasonable.  

If you’d like more information or would like to be pointed in the direction of a custodian to hold your
IRA, I’d love the opportunity to help you. Give me a call or email me today!