Self Directed IRA Investing

I’ll be honest, I’ve never been to Las Vegas before, Sin City….what a place!   Lights, noise, lots of money, some crazy people, however glad I was only there for 4 days.   I’ll bet you won’t be able to guess what my Roth IRA and Las Vegas have in common.    Since you probably won’t be able to guess quickly……I went to Las Vegas to attend a Note Convention.   It was the 21st annual Noteworthy Note Convention and I decided to go this year, for the first time.  I wanted to see first hand what was going on during the conventions I had heard about for the past years.  

I flew down there with an open mind to see what I could learn and maybe pick up a few new ideas.  Well let me tell you.  I met lots of interesting people in the Note business from all over the country, learned new marketing techniques, listened to the Keynote speaker Shel Horowitz speak about Business Ethics ( in Las Vegas of all places), and generally had a good time. 

I know your going to ask how a Note Convention is going to benefit my IRA since it’s not a business in it’s own right, and why I’m writing about it here, so here’s how I think it will help my IRA.

• The folks I met in the Note Business I think will help to put thier mark on my IRA.    Networking with these folks may give me an opportunity to do deals together, when I have cash to invest.   I think I could email or call a few of them to hear thier opinions on future investments.  
• The Marketing techniques learned will help my own fledgling Note Business, Northwest Funding Solutions, LLC,  get moving.  Through that I may find Notes that will be good to buy in my Self Directed Roth IRA.
• Shel Horowitz’s talk about Business Ethic’s and putting people first made a lot of sense with me.  I can completely agree with him that when you do anything with honesty, integrity, and passion then there is no limit to your success.  I bought his book “Principled Profit”.  He has a Ethics Pledge that he’s challenging business owners to live up to and spread the word about.

I’m sure that the Convention will give me more to write about for the next few months, so stay tuned.

I’ll be sure to put the Note Convention on next years calender….

Will

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