168: Retirement Accounts versus Real Estate

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White Coat Investor Podcast

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Should you pull money out of retirement accounts or skip investing in retirement accounts in order to invest in real estate? No. With this pandemic and change in physician incomes, many have been looking at other sources of income outside their medical practice.  I worry when someone is being told to pull money out of their retirement accounts before they need to spend it in retirement or before required to by the government. I think you need to be a little bit worried anytime someone is recommending against something that is so beneficial to you, like retirement accounts are for doctors.  But I totally understand that real estate investing is really attractive to people. It is a great asset class with a lot of benefits. I never invested in real estate, outside of retirement accounts, until I had maxed out my retirement accounts. I recommend you do the same. In this episode I discuss why with the tax benefits, estate planning benefits and asset protection benefits provided you in retirement account contributions. But I also talk about what your other options are to still invest in real estate if you choose. Does your business accept credit cards from patients? Do you think you are overpaying? You aren’t alone.. Merchant Cost Consulting https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/merchant/ has the ability to reduce your credit card processing fees without switching your payment processor or management software. You keep everything you have in place and have the experts at Merchant Cost Consulting reduce your credit card processing fees to the bottom line. All you have to do is send over statements, receive an audit of the potential savings and let Merchant Cost Consulting reduce your fees. It's that simple.  For more information go to https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/merchant/