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Question: investment strategies when household income of 220k?

What are some investment tools used by people in this bracket? We have been discussing a max contribution to our 401k accounts, but it seems that we should do more than just this (IRA, CD, Money Market, real estate). What is a good rule of thumb for an emergency savings account? My wife and I are unable to invest in our roth IRAs due to AGI restrictions. What do we need to do with our current ROTH investment that requires 50 dollars per month?

Answer: My advise is to speak to several different Financial Adviser’s.
Ask them many questions. Like how long have they been in their position? Have they ever had any complaints filed against them?

Emergency Funds of 3 to 6 months of expense’s.

Now for the Roth IRA you mention that you can’t invest in your Roth IRA’s because of AGI restrictions, but you turn around in the following sentence and asking what do you need to do with $50 going into a Roth investment. If you max out the Roth then you will have to find somewhere else to put the money.

Pay off your home if you haven’t done so, that way you will have one less stress in your life.

Again, chat with an Financial Adviser and good look in your decisions.

Don’t forget about Term Life, get 5 to 10 times your pay.

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Question: Can my retirement account invest in real estate that I purchase for leasing to unrelated tenants?

If I have a retirement account, say a 401k or an IRA, can I use those funds – not to borrow – but as an investment in a mutli-tenant residential apartment complex that I will be leasing to unrelated tenants to derive income? How is this done? Who do I talk to about the details?

Answer: If you can find an IRA trustee to do it, it is allowed. But with strict limitations, including: Your IRA must own the real estate strictly as an investment, which means no use by you or certain family members. The IRA trustee must also hold legal title to the property. And finally, your IRA must have sufficient liquid assets (either from other investments in the account or from your annual contributions) to cover any costs associated with owning the real estate.

My guess is that the trustee, if you could find one that will do it, will charge a large annual fee to handle it.

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Question: I want to retire by age 55. How do I need to invest to get there?

I’m 27 right now and am making minimal contributions to my 403b (only $25 every 2 weeks). My current gross biweekly salary is approximately $1400.

As of next month, my credit card debt is completely paid off (it was costing $245/monthly). In April of ‘08, my car is paid off ($190/mo.). Other debt is approx. $22K in student loans.

Adjusting for cost of living, I should be able to live comfortably on $45k/annually.

I want to have substantial non-retirement related savings for things like car repairs, housing improvements, etc.

I’m thinking about Roth IRAs, and investing in real estate (primarily rental properties) as an option.

Currently, I’m in the process of purchasing a 3-unit home for $70K w. 2 1BR apts. and a 3BR apt. I plan to live in a 1BR and rent out the other 2. A 1 BR apt goes for 300-350+utilities around here a 3 BR goes for 6-700+utilities.

I plan to buy 3 more properties in the next 10 years.

Is there anything else I should consider?

Answer: Congratulations. You are very close to being debt free, except for your student loan. You are doing a terrific job of handling your finances.

Unfortunately, even with such great money management skills, there is no guarantee that you’ll be able to retire at age 55. I suggest you stop a moment to take a look at the big picture, rather than getting too bogged down in making Roth IRAs vs. real estate type of investing decisions.

Since you are 27 now, you have 28 years to accumulate enough assets to generate $45,000 per year in retirement income starting at age 55. A handy rule of thumb that many financial advisors use is to plan on starting with a withdrawal rate of no more than about 4%-5% of your assets after you retire. Using the 4% figure, you need $1.125 milliion in 28 years.

Next look at your savings rate. After you finish paying off the credit card and auto loan, you will be able to redirect these monthly expenses into savings/investing. Added to what you already put into your 403b, you will have $5,870 per year to invest.

So you have 28 years to turn $5,870 per year into a $1.125 million nest egg. I calculate that you will have to average a 13% return on your investments every single year for the next 28 years to accumulate that amount of wealth. Difficult, yes; impossible no.

You can settle for a slightly smaller rate of return if you save more. Suppose that you increase the amount you save by 5% per year, perhaps as your salary increases. Then your investment rate of return would only need to be 11% per year. That’s still a difficult target, but more achievable. It’s better than the average investor does, but perhaps you will be above average. If you do invest in real estate, you will be highly leveraged, so that will increase your returns if you are successful. Of course it will also increase your losses if you aren’t.

Best of luck to you. Just remember to monitor your investments over the years and be prepared to delay retirement for a few years in case your returns aren’t quite what you expect.

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IRA real estate investments are booming in 2008 for soon to be retirees who are worried about their future retirement plans. With the economy looking wobbly, the stock market plunging and the big investment banks going under, with us bailing them out, some traditional forms of retirement investing are starting to look a little sick.

For these reasons IRA real estate investments are increasing. Increasing? Surely not. Along with an economic meltdown, a stock market collapse and all sorts of economic turmoil, isn’t the real estate market headed for oblivion as well? Who in their right mind would consider investing their IRA in real estate?

Surely in 2008 real estate is a one way trip to the poorhouse.

No, not quite. Have you ever heard the expression that there is opportunity in adversity? There is plenty of opportunity in real estate right now, if you know where.

But lets look at ira real estate investing first. How can you invest your IRA in real estate? Is it allowed? Is it legal?

Traditionally the majority of the population invest their IRAs in investments that are promoted to them by their custodian. In fact some custodians limit allowable investments to their own. So, it’s estimated, over 90%, in fact around 96% of IRA funds are invested this way. Mutual funds, CDs and stocks, and so on.

No problem if the markets are pushing ever skyward, but quite a problem right now.

But what about IRA real estate investments? Yes it’s entirely allowed to invest your IRA in real estate through a self directed IRA. Although this is not widely recognised, ira real estate investing is one of the best forms of wealth accumulation for retirement. Real estate is a traditional long term wealth accumulation model, and as such is in fact ideal for IRA investing.

If you’re not certain about the details of how to set yourself up for ira real estate investing consult your CPA, that’s outside the scope of this article. However take my word for it, it’s quite legal, and many canny IRA investors are doing it right now, and have been for a long time. You may need to execute an IRA rollover into a self directed IRA, but the trouble is worth it.

And there’s powerful reasons to consider investing your IRA in real estate. Did you know, for example, that it’s estimated that 85% of all wealth in the US was created through real estate?

And that through your IRA you can secure up to 70% bank non-recourse financing to invest your IRA retirement funds in income producing real estate?

Its food for thought isn’t it?

Now back to the real estate market. After all there’s no point in ira real estate investing if the value of your real estate investment is going down is there?

Although we all hear that the real estate investment market is dreadful this isn’t the whole story. PARTS of the real estate market are dreadful, but not ALL of it. It’s perfectly possible to find excellent opportunities for investing in the lower priced end of the market. Simple comfortable homes for the working class who live in those faceless suburbs in cities right across America. There are some fantastic IRA real estate investments available in the right place RIGHT NOW.

But if you’re looking to get out there and find them yourself then you may be in for a shock. It’s not something that is realistic for the individual IRA real estate investor. You need professional help.

Buy in the wrong place and you’ll probably get burnt, big time.

But right now there are some excellent opportunities available for securing a great real estate investment, no cash down, at under market value, with tenants supplied, rental guarantees and even a guarantee that you will double your current investment return.

All through a major US public corporation with a reputation for solid real estate investment returns, for both ira real estate investing and ordinary credit investing in real estate.

Yes you can secure your retirement future through a good ira real estate investment, or more than one. However it’s the time to leave it to those who really know what they’re doing in hard times, and you can relax and leave the hard work to someone else.

But which corporation could possibly offer an opportunity like this?

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Question: Am I too poor to invest in the stock market?

23 years to retirement. I max out my Roth IRA, I contribute up to my company’s match of 4% in my 401k, I have one years worth of cash reserves, and, thankfully, no debt. But I only bring home around $520 weekly (bakers make dough, but not that kind!) I’m not interested in real estate. I would like to invest in funds like VFINX, VWO, FAIRX, VHGEX, AEMGX, CGMFX, and ETFs like LDF, but would it be better for me to just keep putting $150-200 weekly in my bank savings account, or in CDs and TIPs, in spite of taxes and inflation? I would like to find investments that can generate capital as well as some that would be ideal for retirement. Any advice would be appreciated. Meanwhile I’m reading everything I can at YahooFinance, MSN Money and Investopedia to educate myself.

Answer: Go for it. You can never get hurt investing if you do it properly
and no one is ever too poor to invest.

Keeping reading MSN Money for investment ideas, and invest wisely and prudently. Before you invest further in mutual funds, you should look into ETFs, both would be considered conservative and prudent.
Stay with MSN.Money and see how the strategy Lab is doing, read all the commentaries.

Here's some other sites that you may find helpful, not only for information but for investment ideas.

http://www.investors.com/?tn=top

http://www.brokerage101.com/

http://www.1source4stocks.com/

http://stockcharts.com/

http://www.grahaminvestor.com/

http://www.schaeffer.com/

http://www.zacks.com/

http://screen.morningstar.com/StockResults.html

Stay with your investment plans, be conservative and prudent and you may found yourself a lot more wealthier than you think.

And never take advice from someone who does not invest.
Good luck

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