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We are beginning to see the inexpensive DIY products for the development of the IRA LLC offered to self-directed IRA investors unfortunately, the enticing price tag may become the Fly Trap of the self-directed world luring penny concerned investors into an uncontrollable IRS audit. There are three big problems with this product. 1) The operating agreements and instructions are either flawed or incomplete possibly placing the investor in harms way during an audit. 2) There is no where to go to for support. 3) It is a fact that some of the listed custodians will not accept IRA LLCs per their policy. This maybe true in the Hollywood studio setting but is it wise to place your retirement in the hands of a website without an identity or support? The author of the oldest DIY version of the IRA LLC out there has used a Wyoming LLC to hide their identity, and a fulfillment center to deliver the documents. You might say to yourself why is that a problem? Let's say you were about to move from Texas to Nevada and you wanted a DIY version to execute after the move. The system would send you the version for Texas because of the purchase information on the order and there is no option for selecting a state. I know I tried it. You are now the owner of the wrong documents for the wrong state. What if a procedural change needs to be effected or perhaps you wanted to add a contingency manager to the LLC? What support is available? None, there is no way to reach the author. How about the local attorney? Not likely, they would have to investigate the effect of the changes as it relates to the tax code. There goes your savings and it still may not be correct. Now all of your carefully laid plans of saving money of been thwarted. Professional help is now looking less expensive! Ongoing support? If the producer is unwilling to disclose a contact how do you keep up with changes in the tax code? Recently a read a blog entry from one of the big investment sites. This particular investor thought our price and that of our competitors was to high. So off to the library he went and returned to the proclaiming he had found the secret sauce, his back could hardly tolerate another congratulatory slap. The problem, he was only half right in his conclusion. It is my opinion that he spent the same effort on finding a good investment he would have received a greater return on investment. Hopefully the not-quite-there LLC will not bite him.
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