What is a Self-Directed Real Estate IRA?

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

In the last two years, the world has suffered through a global pandemic, an active war in Europe, a 6.5% global unemployment rate (and rising), and annual inflation rates, which have more than doubled from just one year ago. Naturally, this has had immense repercussions on the world markets and triggered global financial and economic crises that were simply unimaginable at the start of the decade.

whitePaper | May 6, 2022

They’ve long been seen as defensive, since traditional bricks and mortar can usually survive any downturn. But investors should be cautious about relying on Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) if the current macro headwinds lead to a recession, says strategist Peter van der Welle.

whitePaper | May 7, 2022

Real estate has always been a reliable way of storing value throughout history. It has gained popularity not only as a store of value but also as an income source over the last decades generating income for it’s owners. Although it is a secure way of storing value as an asset, it has become more difficult to obtain and invest in due to extensive paperwork, middlemans. It’s fast growing market capitalization led to a higher minimum entry barrier. It has gotten harder for the lower and middle class to become a homeowner dooming the working class to rent or a lifetime of mortgage payments.

whitePaper | July 14, 2022

Over the past several years, it has become clear that many investors want to invest in a way that their capital delivers both financial performance and a positive impact on society. What started out as a movement to bring ethical considerations into investing and evolved into “sustainable investment” with an emphasis on managing ESG investment risk, is now clearly shifting its focus towards better understanding the ways that investments can contribute to solving societal problems.

whitePaper | December 12, 2022

Private real estate outperformed most sectors globally in 2022, rewarding investors who continued to increase their allocations to the sector over the last decade. However, we expect to see pockets of softness in 2023, including value losses in some markets and sectors. But even as the market slows, opportunities will remain in commercial real estate.

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

Post-COVID, real estate teams around the world are confronting enormous uncertainties around building occupancy, new usage patterns, and changing employee expectations. Following the massive remote work experiment caused by the pandemic, most employees now want the option to work from home at least part of the time. And especially at the high end of the labor market, employees have never had more leverage than today.