5 Benefits Savvy Investors are Getting From Investing in Real Estate with Retirement Funds

Access more capital.

Tap into your retirement funds for your real estate investments, without early withdrawal penalties.

If you had more capital…

• Could you do more deals?
• Could you go after larger properties?
• Could you expand into different markets?

Many investors don’t realize they’re sitting on a sizable fund for their real estate investing: their retirement accounts.

And contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to withdraw the funds from your account and take a penalty. Your IRA is what purchases and takes title to the property.

Accelerate your returns.

The only thing more powerful than making money on your money…is doing it without taxes.

How much do you pay in taxes on your real estate investments? On your income?

Imagine taking that 15, 20 or even 40% and keeping it to re-invest in the next project. How quickly would profits accumulate if you didn’t lose a portion to taxes?

Here’s a hypothetical scenario to demonstrate:

Let’s assume an investor invests $50,000 using a Roth IRA at the age of 40. Over the next 20 years, they receive an annual rate of return of 8% and have a marginal tax rate of 25%.

As you can see in the graph: the tax-advantaged, compounded returns in the Roth IRA resulted in over $72,000 more than if the same investments were conducted outside an IRA over the same 20 years.

Take control and diversify your retirement.

Who’s responsible for your financial future? Your employer? The government? Or you?

As pensions disappear from the list of employee perks and with the projected reduction in Social Security benefits by 2034*, the responsibility of saving and investing for retirement increasingly falls on the individual.

But even with retirement accounts, there are varying levels of control when it comes to your investment options.

Most IRAs, 401(k)s and other retirement plans limit your investment options to stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.

Only certain custodians like Equity Trust support the ability to take control of your retirement with the freedom to invest in both the traditional markets and a wide variety of alternative assets – like real estate.

Build and preserve long-term wealth.

Create a nest egg of tax-advantaged passive income to fund your retirement and leave a legacy for your family.

You may have heard the phrase, “it’s not how much you make, it’s how much you keep.” With the ability to pass down your IRA to beneficiaries, a self-directed IRA is a powerful vehicle to potentially build and preserve your wealth.

Consider the example of holding rental properties in a Roth IRA.

Once you meet the eligibility requirements after age 59½, you could potentially live off the tax-free cash flow the properties produce and pass down a fully paid-off real estate portfolio to your children for them to enjoy tax-free as well.

*Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/trsum/