Buying investment real estate with an IRA

Shifting savings from stocks to property   An Individual Retirement Account (IRA) is a savings program designed to defer income taxes on deposits and all gains until withdrawals are made. An IRA is an investment account, a conduit for the investment of savings, but not an investment itself. [Internal Revenue Code §4975(e)(1)]   Funds held in an IRA may…

California delinquencies push short sales

The percent of California’s mortgage debt balance that was 90+ days delinquent and not yet in foreclosure under a notice of default (NOD) decreased to 3% in the third quarter (Q3) of 2012. This was down from 4% one year earlier. The normal 90+ day delinquency rate for mortgages not yet in foreclosure is less…