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The Rich Somers Report

Should You Use Your 401K or IRA to Invest in Real Estate? | E57

The Rich Somers Report

Rich Somers

Business, Entrepreneurship, Investing

5910 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Rich dives into the 401k and IRA systems – the good, the bad, and how you can utilize them to invest in real estate. He discusses a recent article that reports the average 401k balances for Americans and examines whether this amount is sufficient for retirement in today’s economy, considering inflation and other factors. He talks about some of the drawbacks, such as the risk of 401k devaluation, while also highlighting a few benefits like its effectiveness as a savings too...

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0:00.0

If you have a 401k, a balance out there, I would definitely consider moving into real estate.

0:05.0

And then I would say if you have a full-time career, you have a business, and you have a family,

0:10.9

and you don't have a lot of time but you have money set aside

0:13.7

I would say the best path for you is probably to invest passively however if you have a lot of time

0:20.1

you're single you don't have kids and you're looking to get in a real estate full time and do this actively,

0:26.6

well then I would say maybe caching out your 401k is a viable option for you because it's going to give you the experience needed to jump in and do

0:36.2

your first dealer too.

0:38.9

Welcome to the Rich Shummers Report where we talk real estate, business, and wealth building all while keeping it real.

0:44.4

No fluff, no BS.

0:45.9

I hope that you enjoy the show.

0:49.2

All right guys, welcome to another episode of the report today. I am Roland Solo

0:57.2

here in the studio and we're gonna do a little solo episode on the 401k

1:02.3

Iris system the good the, what I like, what I don't like, and how you can

1:06.9

use it to invest in a real estate. Should you use it to invest actively? Should you cash it out like what

1:12.2

I did? Or should you look to

1:14.6

invest it passively with other operators. So there's definitely some options out

1:19.1

there if you have a 401k or at IRA, but with that, let's go ahead and jump into it.

1:24.2

So recently there's an article that reported that the average 401k balance for Americans

1:31.8

between the ages of 55 and 64 is $256,000 and it drops off tremendously

1:40.4

as you get below that.

1:41.8

So between ages 45 and 54,

1:44.8

the average balance is 179,000.

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