Phase One: IRA Conversion Strategy

In the last post we talked about how everything we have been taught regarding the residential finance process isn’t working. Over the next five weeks we will be talking about the 5 Phases to achieve Financial Success.

Phase One
The IRS and Congress have eliminated the limits on how much you can earn and how much you can have in retirement accounts before you can convert.

Little does anyone know, you can convert any amount of money to a ROTH IRA.
The reasoning behind this idea is to convert the money now. Pay taxes on it now. Let the account increase in value and withdraw the money later on without having to pay taxes on it.

What is a Roth IRA?

If you are not familiar with a Roth IRA, it is a retirement account where you invest after-tax dollars, and withdraw the funds tax-free. In other words, you invest your money in the retirement account after you have paid taxes on it. Being that you paid taxes on the money before you invested it, you do not have to pay taxes when you withdraw the funds from the Roth IRA.

It’s Not Working

Since the beginning of the Real Estate Lending, we have been taught that we need to put large amount of money down and go with the shortest term that we could afford. In today’s economy, this is one of the most riskiest investments a person can do.