Vantage Self-Directed IRAs allow you the freedom and flexibility to invest outside the stock market. There are several popular alternative investment options to choose from.
Real estate is the most popular asset class chosen by Self-Directed IRA investors. IRAs can invest in any type of real estate including residential, commercial, multi-family, raw land, fix and flips, vacation rentals, and much more.
The good news is IRAs can purchase real estate the same way you can outside of an IRA – with cash, through entities, or a mortgage. The choice is yours.
Self-Directed IRA investors seeking fixed income enjoy lending money on own their terms. Luckily, IRAs can invest in all types of promissory notes – secured, unsecured, trust deeds, convertible notes or private credit funds.
With a Self-Directed IRA, you are in control. So if you’re interested in being the bank with your IRA savings, private lending could be exactly what you’re looking for.
Private entity investments are made to non-publicly traded companies, such as small to mid-size businesses and startups. They are structured in a variety of ways – private placements, private funds, limited partnerships, LLCs and private stock, just to name a few.
Private companies frequently raise capital from individual investors. IRAs can serve as a funding source to inject the much-needed capital to grow their business. Best of all, your IRA doesn’t pay capital gains taxes when these ventures are successful.
Limited Liability Companies, or LLCs, are an entity type commonly used to hold investments because of the asset protection they provide. A Checkbook IRA LLC is a structure in which an IRA owns 100% of the membership interest of the LLC.
Self-Directed IRA investors who wish to own multiple assets, take advantage of time-sensitive market opportunities, tend to favor this popular structure because of the various benefits it offers.