Using Their IRAs to Make Home Loans
Posted by Allison Simson on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
By Allison Simson / September 26, 2007
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Question: Joyce, I’ve heard about using my IRA to make a loan…can you provide more information?Â
Answer: Yes! According to Kelly Greene of the Wall Street Journal, investors can use self-directed individual retirement accounts (IRAs) to write short-term mortgages, primarily to buyers of fixer-upper properties or borrowers in need of bridge loans to cover mortgage payments on their old homes while they wait for them to sell. Most IRA investors impose interest rates of at least 10 percent, though the maximum is set forth by the state. Additionally, they typically do not lend more than 50 percent to 70 percent of the home's value. While some of these investors are willing to help homeowners encountering financial difficulties, others look forward to foreclosures because they can take ownership of properties at a dramatic discount. However, foreclosed properties can cost them so much money for legal fees and repairs that their IRAs could run out of money; and investors then would be forced to obtain a loan or shell out money for the taxes and penalties imposed when IRAs are closed.
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