[Originally Published at JeffNabers.com]
You may be wondering why I haven’t blogged about real estate investing in a while. There’s a very good explanation video at Nabers.TV for you to check out.
How To Get Help
April 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
[Originally posted at JeffNabers.com]
Cliff notes version:
- I will be offering free one-on-one phone consulting to qualified people
- In order to make room for that, I will no longer be offering free consulting in the form of blog comment responses
Here’s the skinny >>>
I’m making some changes to how I focus my energy and how I am able to help you with your wealth preservation and wealth building, both inside a Self-Directed IRA LLC or Solo 401(k) and outside of retirement funds.
Here’s what these changes will do for you:
- If you are aimed down a path that is likely to succeed, we may get a chance to work together more intimately
- If you are aimed down a path that is likely to destroy your wealth and frustrate you, you won’t get my help
Let me explain…
The #1 biggest factor making an impact your wealth right now is inflation.
Some people are trying to “beat” inflation by taking bigger risks to hopefully get bigger returns that will be bigger than inflation.
For 95% of my readers, that won’t work. It won’t work because bigger risks increase the gains and the losses, and over the long term most people will have worse performance as a result of taking bigger risks.
Around 5% of my readers have maybe figured out how to get bigger returns by spending more energy on some sort of system or process that yields larger returns. Moving forward, I don’t think that will continue working either.
Why won’t aggressive investment strategies work in the future?
Well… they will work and they won’t work. They will work in terms of turning your dollars into more dollars. They won’t work in terms or actual value adjusted for inflation.
This is because there is no limit to [Read more...]
A Major Improvement To Make Things Easier
November 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
Exciting news – we’ve just started implementing something that makes setting up a Solo 401(k) a much faster and easier process.
Now you can download a small piece of software that turns your computer into a portal for setting up your new Solo 401(k) in minutes.
Faster Creation
You can literally bring your Solo 401(k) plan into existence the same day that you get the software. You don’t have to be full-time self employed to qualify either; self-employment activity on the side of full-time employment elsewhere still qualifies you for the Solo 401(k).
Easier Transactions & Maintenance
It also makes certain tasks easier beyond setting up and funding the plan with rollovers. For instance, if you ever need to draw on the participant loan feature that lets you borrow up to $50,000 tax-free from your retirement funds, you can just fire up the software and get the loan funds (up to $50,000) in your hands on the same day.
Making contributions has never been easier. Use the software to instantly calculate your maximum legal contribution (up to $54,00) each year. Double that if your spouse is involved in your self-employment activity because she (or he) can contribute up to the same limits as well.
Clearer Benefit
There’s even a value calculator that shows you how much your 401k plan is measurably benefiting you. Most people find it’s in the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.
Total Control
And, of course, enjoying the power of controlling the checkbook for your own 401k investments comes with unlimited, legally-allowable possibilities… such as investing in:
- Private businesses equity
- Non-dollar, safe offshore investments
- Private lending
- Real estate
- Tax liens
- Virtually anything else (just no “self-dealing” or conflict-of-interest transactions)
After thousands of private trials gone smoothly and plenty of early adoption switch-over from our existing loyal clients, we’ll be doing a big promotion to celebrate making this available for new clients.
If you’re on my email list, you’ll be the first to get access.
[You can can join it if you haven't already]
Thanks for all your support, and everyone here at Nabers Group is ecstatic about unveiling our latest way to give back to the community!
Solo 401k provides checkbook control without a custodian or LLC
June 18, 2010 By 17 Comments
With tens of thousands of self directed IRA investors utilizing LLC structures to enjoy “checkbook control” authority of their self directed IRA investments, this post may serve as great news for those who aim to follow suit.
Solo 401(k) retirement plans can grant direct checkbook control without the use of an LLC or custodian.
The concept of custodian comes from Internal Revenue Code Section 408(a)(2) and is defined in Section 408(n). This entire IRC section 408 is devoted to Individual Retirement Accounts, or IRAs. The code basically explains that an IRA is normally a trust, and the trustee must be a bank. It then defines bank as a bank, trust company, or any company specifically approved by the IRS. This capacity of trustee to an IRA is known as “custodian”. This trustee role is simply that of investing the plan as directed by the accountholder.
A Solo 401(k) plan is a type of 401(k) that is designed for self employed individuals whose businesses have no full time employees. All 401(k) plans are qualified plans, and qualified plans do not have any special restrictions on who can serve as trustee.
So the significant difference is that with a Solo 401(k), the participant can actually be the trustee and handle [Read more...]
Open a Solo 401k for 2009 before it’s too late!
November 13, 2009 By 2 Comments
If you’re looking for a tax break this year, there’s still time to open a Solo 401(K). But do your research and seek experts to help you understand the plan, how to manage your account without the need for a custodian which amounts to extra fees, and how to transfer your existing new plan. You’ll find the options for investing and maximizing your contributions are plentiful but the clock’s ticking—you only have until December 31st to open one for 2009.
How to borrow money from your Solo 401(k)
March 2, 2009 By 10 Comments
Solo 401(k)’s most touted feature is its uniquely large annual contribution limits ($49k – $108k). A lesser known feature may be just as useful for some: participant loans.
What is a participant loan?
A Solo 401(k) participant can borrow up to either $50,000 or 50% of their account value with the following terms:
- To be repaid over an amortization schedule of 5 years or less
- Regular payments no less frequently than quarterly
- At a reasonable rate of interest… generally interpreted as prime rate + 1%
Such a loan may only be made in accordance with the Solo 401(k) plan documents. While most plan documents disallow this type of loan, the Unlimited® 401k offered by my company does allow it.
Under what conditions is this allowed?
Any. As long as the plan documents allow for it & the proper loan documents are prepared and executed, a participant loan can be made for any reason.
When is this useful?
This can be useful when [Read more...]
Self Directed Solo 401k vs. 1031 and other conventional RE tax strategies
February 24, 2009 By 1 Comment
Conventional Tax Strategies for Real Estate
Many real estate investors boast of their tax strategy as involving one or more of the following:
Depreciation – This is a tax concept where the property owner pretends that his property is decreasing in value. For residential real estate, it assumes that the property’s improvements will become worthless over 27.5 years. In commercial real estate, the calculation is for 39 years. During each year of property ownership, the owner can take that year’s pro rata depreciation as if it is a loss against the income of the property… which reduces the taxable income of the property, thus reducing the amount of taxes due. Upon future sale of the property, depreciation normally must be “recaptured” which means that there is no more pretending, and the taxes on the truly realized gains must be paid anyways.
Cash out Refi – This is where the owner of the property will refinance the mortgage. The new loan will have a higher balance than the old one, resulting in “cash out”. Because this is just borrowing, it is not a taxable event. Upon future sale of the property, however, taxes will normally be due on the actual gains anyways.
1031 Exchange – Upon the sale of real property, the gains can be deferred if they are used to purchase property of “like kind” within a certain time period. It goes something like this:
- Sell Property A
- Have a “qualified intermediary” receive the proceeds of the sale
- Replacement property (“Property B“) must be identified in writing within 45 days of the sale of Property A
- Property B must be purchased (closed) within 180 days of the sale of Property A
- Property B must be of equal or greater value to Property A
- Both properties must be “like kind”. For instance if Property A was U.S. real estate, Property B must also be U.S. real estate.
So, savvy real estate investors often [Read more...]
Free Self-Directed Solo 401k!!!
February 16, 2009 By 16 Comments
You heard it right: a FREE Solo 401k from Nabers Group. This is a contest, and you have a good chance of winning. I estimate that 98% of my readers will not even try to win. It’s a phenomenon: people think “Oh too many others will enter the contest and my odds won’t be good” and that leaves you will excellent odds if you enter the contest. Here’s what you have to do:
- Be eligible for a Solo 401k in the first place. This means that you have to have self employment activity (such as Schedule C income on your 1040 or own a business), and you have to have no employees at any businesses in which you or your spouse have significant ownership. (An “employee” is somebody who works over 1000 hours per year for your business and receives a W-2).
- Add me on Facebook. Go to my Facebook profile to add me to your friends. If you don’t have a Facebook account, just create one. It’s very simple and easy, and it will help you stay connected for updates, news, events, etc.
- Write a brief explanation of the most powerful business or investment opportunities in our current recession. Explain the “how” and the “why” as much as you can, but be direct and to the point at the same time. Submit it in a comment on this blog post (the one you’re currently reading) OR post it to the “wall” at the bottom of the Facebook Solo 401k Contest page. I’ll review all entries, and the person with the best idea will get a Solo 401k setup for them by Nabers Group with the entire establishment fee waived.
Submission Deadline: March 15, 2009
Value: $210,585
The math: Over the past 10 years, most stock indexes have produced a return of approximately 0%. With a Self-Directed Solo 401(k) plan, the accountholder can buy real estate, gold, stock in private companies, and loan money to individuals or corporations. Surveys have shown us that over 80% of our Solo 401(k) clients have a target return of investment of 12% per year or more. An investor with $100,000 of existing funds who earns 12% per year for 10 years will generate a profit of $210,585.
We’ve never done this before, and I don’t know if we will ever do this again. Now’s your chance – start working on your entry today!
* The value is based on the potential profit you could earn and will vary based on your investment decisions. With a Self-Directed Solo 401(k), it’s up to you to find and choose investments, and only you will decide how profitable and valuable this investment vehicle will be.
We’ve never done this before, and I don’t know if we will ever do this again. Now’s your chance – start working on your entry today!
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