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Using San Mateo Independent Financial Advice

May 22nd, 2008

Your life needs proper funding – be it for the short-term goals, such as planning for a vacation, or for long-term goals, like your retirement nest egg. Unfortunately, most of us do not have the knowledge and resources to make the best decisions regarding our finances. If this is true for you, then seeking San Mateo independent financial advice may be the best solution.

Californians enjoy the “good life,” but that should not mean spending more money than you have until you are broke. Getting advice about your finances can help you make smart choices with your money – living that “good life” without breaking the bank.

What does good San Mateo independent financial advice do? It helps you prioritize your wants and needs in relation to your money. This way, the most important aspects of your life are covered financially, and in doing so, the financial stress is taken out of your life. You can focus your brainpower on more important things, such as family and friends.

San Mateo independent financial advice is for anyone who wants to be smarter with their money. Don’t be too proud to accept a little help – your financial security can benefit greatly from it.

JMAC Gives Job Seekers Instant Access to Tens of Thousands of Employer Sites

May 22nd, 2008

Over 100,000 key employers now hire primarily from their own websites. For some major firms it is the only place they will ever advertise their openings. So if you are interested in leading firms like these, you will need access to their openings listed on employer sites, and that is what JMAC provides. We cover over 50,000 of them.

Job seekers can search by Metro Area and industry, so they can select out only those they are most interested in and best suited for. With a click or two, they can be on the site, reviewing current openings and submitting their resume.

Jobmarketaccesscenter.com also has individual lists specifically for financial firms, technology firms and other special interests, as well as private firms, the fastest growing firms, and more. This section can prove valuable not only for contact information and descriptions for current openings, but also for news and company statements that might signal emerging opportunities in a particular division or geographic location.

With JMAC, job seekers can access with a click or two as much as 85% of the advertised openings suitable for them, including those from newspapers, recruiter openings, job boards, employer sites, trade magazines and other sources. It includes Advertised Market SuperSearch, a search engine that covers openings from many sources. So all a customer has to do is specify the titles and locations they are interested in.

JMAC gives our job seekers access to as much as 85% of the advertised openings, including those from newspapers, recruiter openings, job boards, employer sites, and trade magazines. It also provides access to the unadvertised job market among employers, recruiters and growth companies.

Additional information: pr@jobmarketaccesscenter.com or contact Steve Madden at 1-866-664-7440.

Article By: ITS

Self-Directed IRA: Use Your Funds to Invest in Foreclosures

May 9th, 2008

With home foreclosures on the rise, those with money just sitting earning pennies in an IRA account can put their money to work for them. Why is now a great time to be investing in the foreclosure market? There are three reasons.

3 Reasons Now is a Great Time to Invest in the Foreclosure Market

Prices are Low Now: Every real estate investor will tell you that to make money investing in foreclosures, you need to find good deals. What is defined as a “good deal?” A simplistic answer is a good deal is one where you make money. Making money in real estate is all about equity; buying homes that have equity.

Presently, the market is being swamped with all kinds of properties that have lots of equity. Why? Two primary reasons can be cited. One, the economy is in a recession, which means many are losing their job. And two, Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) are coming due, which means mortgage payments are going up. Job loss plus higher mortgage payments means more homeowners are willing to negotiate, that is, if they haven’t already been foreclosed on.

Banks Don’t Want to Be Landlords: Piggybacking off the aforementioned point, banks don’t want to be landlords or property managers. As the market is flooded with more and more properties, banks are trying to sell them off as fast as they can.

Because they usually wind up losing money - in two different ways. First, there’s nobody paying the mortgage when house is sitting empty. This cost banks. Secondly, when a house is in foreclosure, the bank is responsible for keeping it up until it sells. This means hiring contractors to mow the lawn, fix broken windows, clean up and haul away traffic from previous owners, etc. So, they’re quite eager to sell, sell, sell.

Long-Term Gain: Real estate is a patient man’s game. If you use your Real Estate IRA to invest in foreclosures now while the marketing is bottoming out, so to speak, you’ll be well positioned to really maximize your investment when the real estate marketing gets red hot again.

By developing a full-fledged real estate investment strategy, you can use the funds from your Self Directed IRA LLC account to retire in a manner you never thought possible. To learn more about using a Self Directed IRA and maximize your retirement investment.

Checkbook Control IRA

April 24th, 2008

A checkbook control IRA allows you to have checkbook writing privileges of your IRA retirement account.

If you’re a seasoned real estate investor, you know just how fast expenses can add up on a piece of property. A few trips to your local Lowes home improvement store, a number of calls to your contractor or a simple mistake made by an inexperienced handyman means you have to shell out money, money, money - right out of your pocket.

Now think about it for a moment, if you were required to get custodial approval every time you needed to cover an expense related to your investment. It can be time-consuming, expensive and downright irritating. This is no way to supervise what is perhaps the most important asset you have - your IRA account. After all, sometimes the best deals are found “on the spot.”

Having a checkbook IRA means practically being able to buy what you need when you need it and not when you can chase down your custodian for a signature. As you probably already know, sometimes the best investments are made before others learn about them. Without checkbook writing privileges, great investment opportunities could be missed.

What Does Checkbook Control Of Your IRA Mean?

Having checkbook control means you get to manage your self-directed IRA account to maximize your retirement investment. You can invest in practically any way you want. Following is an abridged list of some of what you can invest in with checkbook control: raw land, tax certifications, hard money loans, trust deeds, probate property, commercial real estate, foreign real estate, tax deeds - and much, much more.

Checkbook control of your IRA gives you true flexibility and the ability to truly diversify your retirement funds. Learn more about this special IRA or call Truly Self Directed IRA (TSD-IRA) to learn more at 877-339-4559.

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Why Many Traditional IRA Custodians Have Problems with Real Estate

April 16th, 2008

Most IRA custodians tend to be myopic when it comes to allowing you to place real estate inside your IRA account. Meaning, they try to limit what you can do with them.

As with most things that involves money, the WIIFM principle is at work. Most IRA account custodians are tied to a financial institution. Financial institutions promote financial products, on which custodians make commissions in most cases. Furthermore, in many cases there are transaction fees as well.

Hence, there’s an automatic built in conflict of interest.

One of the good things about Self Directed Real Estate IRA accounts is that custodians are not allowed to influence the investment decisions you make. They, in essence, take their instructions from you.

The job of the IRA custodian is to make sure you are in compliance with all the rules as it relates to IRA accounts, and to file the appropriate paperwork at the appropriate time. That’s it. Nothing more, nothing less.

So, if you want more control over your IRA funds, a Self Directed Real Estate IRA account may be just the thing.

Self Directed IRAs Increase an Investor’s Investment Choices

April 14th, 2008

Self-directed IRAs allow for a wide range of IRA investment choices. The Self Directed IRA also improves the account owner’s opportunities to diversify within their IRA Investment portfolio.

A Self Directed IRA Account requires a specialized IRA custodian or administrator to open an account. These types of IRA accounts have to be held with an IRA custodian who allows alternative investments inside the IRA.

Some investments, such as life insurance or collectibles as defined by the Internal Revenue Service, are not allowed Self Directed IRA Investments. In addition, you cannot place rental properties that you already own inside your IRA account either.

IRA Investors who are set up properly are not required to take a taxable distribution from the IRA when investing in items such as real estate; they are simply making an investment inside the IRA account, just as they would with a mutual fund or stock. All of the gains from the investment are returned directly into the IRA, and all of the expenses of the property are paid from the IRA, all without any taxes.

Investing with Multiple Investors with Your Retirement Funds

LLCs can serve as a valuable vehicle for certain IRA investment opportunities. First, if there are multiple investors going into a single real estate transaction, the LLC can facilitate the acquisition and disposition of assets by allowing a single member (e.g., managing member) to sign all documents for the other members. LLC’s can be taxed as partnerships therefore pass through to the IRA which is tax deferred. The advantage of using an IRA to invest in real estate can accelerate your wealth and ensure you don’t outlive your retirement money.

Self Directed IRA eBook

April 13th, 2008

Download your free self directed IRA ebook : The Trillion Dollar Secret. You can download your copy at the Truly Self Directed IRA (TSD-IRA) Advisor.

Take the next couple of moments and crack open this short e-book… It is highly recommended.

You will learn:

  1. how the Truly Self Directed IRA (TSD-IRA) process works
  2. the benefits of setting up a self directed IRA LLC
  3. the types of prohibitive IRA transactions you should stay away from
  4. and what makes the TSD-IRA concept unique.

Speaking of which, here are a few items to consider. We provide:

  1. Experienced Tax Attorneys who understand the Self Directed Checkbook IRA
  2. Absolutely the Lowest Custodial Fees
  3. Checkbook Control of your IRA Account
  4. You the option of limited custodial intervention
  5. Experienced Self Directed IRA Advisors
  6. The ability to buy Real Estate and other assets inside your IRA
  7. Quickest turn around in the industry.

Give us a call at 877-339-4559 this up and coming week. We would like to assist you with your self directed IRA investment strategy.

Mold Prevention in Your Bathroom

April 7th, 2008

Your bathroom is the room in your home that most people associate with cleanliness, but it’s one of the worst places for you to allow mold to propagate. Along with the kitchen, this is one of the most common places for mold to be found in the home. What can you do to prevent mold from growing in your bathroom? Here are a few tips.

Check the caulking around the bath tub or shower stall and make sure it isn’t cracked, broken, or even missing in certain areas. If you feel cold air coming in through a hole in the caulking, you should re-caulk it immediately.

It’s not uncommon to find mold growing around the base of your toilet, especially if the toilet has overflowed often in the past or worse, if you have carpet in your bathroom instead of tile. Carpet is generally a bad idea in a bathroom unless you’re very diligent in cleaning up spills of water as soon as they’re made.

You want a vent or a fan in your bathroom so that heat and moisture can escape to the outside of the house. Mold grows not only on the floors of the bathroom, but also on the ceilings where water has been absorbed due to the steam of taking a shower being unable to escape the room.

If you can see mold on the outer surface of your bathroom wall, odds are that you’re looking at a mold problem inside the wall, as well, and cleaning the mold off the outer surface of the wall isn’t going to be enough. If you truly want to get rid of all the mold, you’ll want to replace mold-contaminated building materials, except for wood supports. This includes plywood, carpet, papered sheetrock, plasterboard, and etcetera. If your bathroom has carpet in it and you find mold growing anywhere near the floor, replace the carpet.

Whatever you do, don’t try to cut corners by painting on top of your mold problem. Mold eats paint like candy and it’s nowhere near an effective solution. Even paints containing mildicides are not effective, because these are not strong enough to kill toxic mold infestations.

If you leave moist dirty clothes or towels on the floor in your bathroom closet often, expect mold to grow there. Toss your clothes in a plastic clothes basket instead of directly on the floor and this is one of the best things that you can do to prevent mold in the bathroom that most people don’t think about. We tend to let damp or even wet towels stay on the floor indefinitely, especially if we live in busy households. Clean out your dirty clothes bin often, especially if the clothes are wet.

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Benefits of a Self Directed IRA LLC

April 5th, 2008

With the growing popularity of self directed IRAs, savvy investors have the opportunity to generate higher and more secure returns than the stock market can offer. With a self-directed IRA you can purchase:

  • Real estate
  • Buy a business or Franchise
  • Invest in High-Yield Mortgages
  • Real Estate Notes
  • Invest in Tax Deeds
  • Foreclosed Property
  • Rental Property
  • Ocean-front Property
  • Foreign Real Estate
  • Probate property
  • Commercial Property
  • REO property
  • Foreclosed property
  • Apartment communities
  • Storage facilities

The investment opportunities are nearly limitless!

Setting up a self directed IRA is the first step in this process. Your self directed IRA will provide you with complete flexibility to change and diversify their investments whenever they choose.

The Self Directed IRA LLC allows for:

Total Checkbook Control: You write and sign the checks yourself from your IRA checkbook. There isn’t a need to wait on your IRA custodian or ask for permission when you use the Self Directed IRA LLC. You have total investment decision making ability over your Self Directed IRA LLC.

Reduced Custodial Fees: You will no longer have to pay each time you need to make you make when you use the Self Directed IRA LLC.

A wider range of investment choices, improve the account owner’s opportunities to diversify their IRA portfolio(s).

And much, much more… To learn more download a free self directed IRA ebook at the IRA LLC Partner dot com.

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