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5 Best Retirement Cities for Active Adults

Carole VanSickle Ellis | 22 Oct 2018

One of the most important considerations for aging Americans is whether they can afford retirement. According to a recent survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, fewer than one in… more

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3 Actions to Start Self-Directing Your Retirement

Carole VanSickle Ellis | 3 Feb 2018

“Most financial advisors will tell you that you simply cannot have a better lifestyle in retirement than you did while you were working full time. Most financial advisors are wrong.”… more

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3 Actions to Start Self-Directing Your Retirement

Carole VanSickle Ellis | 27 Oct 2017

“Most financial advisors will tell you that you simply cannot have a better lifestyle in retirement than you did while you were working full time. Most financial advisors are wrong.”… more

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Is Your IRA-Owned Business Entity a “Sitting Duck” for Lawsuits?

Think Realty | 21 Jun 2017

If you have real estate in a self-directed individual retirement account (IRA), then you likely have at least considered setting up an LLC, called an IRA LLC, within that self-directed… more

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Renting: The New American Dream

Kathy Fettke | 31 May 2017

This is a transcript of a previously-aired “Real Estate News” podcast broadcast by Kathy Fettke, co-CEO and founder of the Real Wealth Network. The old American Dream maybe isn’t for… more

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Light Pollution, Stargazing, and Your Retirement Portfolio

Carole VanSickle Ellis | 27 Apr 2017

This is a transcript of a previously-aired segment of “Self-Directed Investor Talk” co-hosted by Carole Ellis, managing editor of Think Realty Magazine Do you struggle with stargazing? If so, you… more

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Can Pension Fund Troubles be Mitigated by Real Estate?

Lawrence Fassler | 10 Feb 2017

A number of pension funds, both public and private, have recently had difficulties – some have gone insolvent, or are otherwise are on the brink. Most of these funds hold… more

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Trump Suspends “Fiduciary Rule” for Financial Planners

Kathy Fettke | 9 Feb 2017

Another swipe of the pen by President Trump will delay – indefinitely – a new rule that was intended to protect consumers from bad financial advice. President Trump signed a… more

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3 Reasons to Run Away from IRA-Held Real Estate

Carole VanSickle Ellis | 12 Jan 2017

Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) were created to protect investors and enable them to engage in different types of investing that might not be considered entirely “the norm.” Not surprisingly, this… more

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Using IRAs to Invest in Real Estate

Think Realty | 14 Jan 2016

Your Self-Directed Retirement Account Albert Einstein is quoted as saying “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it … he who doesn’t …… more

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