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High-Income Earners: It's Possible to Achieve Tax-Free Income in Retirement
Part 3 The “Mega” in mega backdoor Roth IRA You can convert as much as you want anytime you want from a Traditional IRA, SEP IRA, Solo...
Carrie Cook
Sep 20, 20213 min read


High-Income Earners: It's Possible to Achieve Tax-Free Income in Retirement
Part 2 Roth IRA contributions are limited by your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI). For 2021, your Roth IRA contribution limit is...
Carrie Cook
Sep 14, 20211 min read


High-Income Earners: It's Possible to Achieve Tax-Free Income in Retirement
Part 1 There are many ways to save for retirement, each with different benefits and limitations associated. Most people are familiar with...
Carrie Cook
Sep 6, 20211 min read


Top 5 questions you should ask yourself when considering digital currency as an investment.
Question 5: Is self-dealing of digital currency investments in a Self-Directed IRA allowed? We have seen a significant increase in...
Carrie Cook
Jul 5, 20211 min read


Top 5 questions you should ask yourself when considering digital currency as an investment.
Question 4: What are the pros and cons of non-segregated and segregated digital currency storage? Non-segregated storage of digital...
Carrie Cook
Jun 28, 20213 min read


Top 5 questions you should ask yourself when considering digital currency as an investment.
Question 3: Does it matter how the digital currency is stored? There are two ways to store digital currency; non-segregated and...
Carrie Cook
Jun 21, 20211 min read


Top 5 questions you should ask yourself when considering digital currency as an investment.
Question 2: Does it matter what trading platform is used for the purchase and sale of digital currency? Preferred Trust Company strongly...
Carrie Cook
Jun 14, 20212 min read


Top 5 questions you should ask yourself when considering digital currency as an investment strategy.
Question 1: Should I be leery of digital currency marketers? As a self-directed IRA custodian, Preferred Trust Company provides clients...
Carrie Cook
Jun 7, 20212 min read


The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 3
4 Ways to Maintain Diversification. SOLUTION #3 – Lack of Diversification If you are investing through a mortgage broker you want to be...
Carrie Cook
May 17, 20214 min read


The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 3
Are you really diversified? PITFALL #3 - Lack of Diversification When investing in the stock market, do you put everything in your entire...
Carrie Cook
May 10, 20211 min read


The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 2
Take a closer look at loan Underwriting, not just LTV. SOLUTION # 2 – Loan-to-Own Underwriting What is the solution to loan-to-own...
Carrie Cook
May 3, 20212 min read


The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 2
Take a closer look at loan Underwriting. PITFALL #2 - Loan-to-Own Underwriting Loan-to-own underwriting is pitfall number two. In this...
Carrie Cook
Apr 26, 20214 min read


The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Solution to Pitfall 1
Align the Broker and the Investor SOLUTION #1 – An Invested Mortgage Broker The solution to this pitfall is not complicated. You need to...
Carrie Cook
Apr 19, 20215 min read


The Pitfalls of Trust Deed Investing - Pitfall 1
Who is your broker really working for? The comments are all too familiar. "It’s too good to be true...” “You’re going to lose all my...
Carrie Cook
Apr 12, 20215 min read


Misconception of Trust Deeds #4
Everyone loses in Real Estate. I mentioned that in the next several blogs I am going to review the most common misconceptions of Trust...
Carrie Cook
Mar 8, 20211 min read


Transparency: A Business Essential
Is transparency a buzzword, a culture, a requirement? No, it is just the right thing to do. What does the word transparency mean to you?...
Carrie Cook
Jan 25, 20212 min read


The 10 Lessons that I Learned on my Way to the Top: Lessons 6-10
I was making moves to the top at the missteps of others. In walks lesson six and that is never disrespect your authority when managing...
Carrie Cook
Jan 14, 20213 min read


The 10 Lessons that I Learned on my Way to the Top: Intro
Getting there is the easy part. Many people ask me how I got to the top of the pile at Ignite Funding. The “top” is only a word. The...
Carrie Cook
Jan 7, 20212 min read


Conquering the Unknown: Overcoming Fear
The unknown created fear, and fear creates reasons for why people do not try things. I was recently challenged with an idea to be one of...
Carrie Cook
Jan 4, 20214 min read


Conquering the Unknown: Proceed with Caution
Taking chances means you have a willingness to fail, but it doesn’t mean you don’t calculate & mitigate the risk. Business is ever...
Carrie Cook
Dec 31, 20202 min read
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