CHICAGO, IL — (Marketwired) — 11/03/14 — , a real estate investment company specializing in residential income-producing properties in select U.S. markets for individual investors, today released a free eBook to help investors take advantage of real estate investment opportunities utilizing self-directed IRAs. “” includes insights and first-hand experience from Growth Equity Group co-founders, Preston Despenas and Brett Immel.
Investing in real estate through a self-directed IRA is gaining in popularity as an income-generating alternative to stocks, bonds and mutual funds. In light of recent market volatility, alternative assets like real estate can also help investors diversify their portfolios and mitigate risk. Growth Equity Group–s eBook is designed to help the self-directed investor understand and overcome the frequent challenges that real estate investors encounter with detailed solutions.
“At Growth Equity Group, we believe every investor, regardless of their existing knowledge base, can and should understand the fundamentals of investing in real estate,” said Brett Immel, co-founder and senior partner at Growth Equity Group. “This eBook aims to demonstrate the most common challenges and provides simple solutions that enable any individual investor to successfully own income producing properties.”
“The 4 Greatest Challenges Facing Self-Directed IRA Real Estate Investors” is a quick read, at just 10 pages, and introduces the fundamentals of self-directed IRAs as well as a breakdown of IRS guidelines for adding real estate to a retirement portfolio. Each section includes a detailed description of a misconception, common error or other challenge that poses a hurdle to current and future real estate investments; then provides a practical solution for avoiding or overcoming it. “The 4 Greatest Challenges Facing Self-Directed IRA Real Estate Investors” is a follow up companion to Growth Equity Group–s first eBook, “Don–t Risk It.” The eBook can be found online at .
“Today–s evolving, complex and volatile investment landscape leaves many investors overwhelmed and confused about their options for generating additional income or retirement savings,” said Preston Despenas, co-founder and senior partner of Growth Equity Group. “This ebook aims to help investors understand and simplify the fundamentals of real estate investment so they can better determine if it–s right for them.”
With nearly 30 years of hands-on experience in real estate investment combined, Preston Despenas and Brett Immel share a passion for helping investors access the expanding opportunity of real estate investing.
Despenas is Senior Partner and Co-Founder of Growth Equity Group. With 15 years of real estate investment and brokerage experience, Preston has completed more than $100 million in real estate transactions in just seven years with Growth Equity Group and its predecessor. Prior to Growth Equity Group, Preston operated his own brokerage and management company, and played a pivotal role in achieving more than $150 million in residential real estate transactions and managing over 300 properties.
Immel is Senior Partner and Co-Founder of Growth Equity Group and is a nationally recognized real estate investor. Brett has more than 12 years of experience in multiple areas of real estate investment from finance, acquisitions, management and advisory. He has completed over $100 million in real estate transactions and continues to speak at industry events, including Rich Dad Poor Dad and the Ignite Expo.
Growth Equity Group is a real estate investment company specializing in residential income-producing properties in select U.S. markets for individual investors. Growth Equity Group makes investing in real estate easy by offering inventory, non-recourse financing and management services. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois Growth Equity Group is backed by more than 25 years of experience and over $150MM in residential real estate transactions. By leveraging expertise, resources and relationships, GEG pushes the traditional market approach to provide superior market analysis. For more information, please visit .
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