I am so glad I found these guys.
Probably, if you're reading this page, you might have heard of Equity Trust or EnTrust. Both are firms that specialize in self-directed IRAs. I mention their names here because doing so might get you directed to this Midland review if you Google them. I actually did not deal with either firm but I noticed that both were absolutely pummeled on Yelp. So I went about finding somebody who wasn't.
I have to say that everything went flawlessly and on time. I dealt with Emily, Ashley and Justin. All knew what they were doing, got the paperwork done on time, and were easy to deal with. The fees were reasonable (keep in mind that unlike with a "regular" IRA, they do not make money on mutual funds or stock trades that you do), and as a bonus could be paid by credit with non-IRA money (so as not to reduce the amount of money within your IRA). I have it set up so that funds from my investment are swept back to the IRA via ACH.
All very painless. Recommended. read more