Timothy Sumer

Investing In Short Term Rentals With Your Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA) - IRA Quick Tips Today, we’re talking about a crazy hot topic in the alternative investment market right now: short-term rentals. Here at NuView, we’ve been getting lots of people calling and asking questions about short-term rentals. Our RS Manager, Brian Martinez has learned some important factors of these investments from his clients along the way, and the key take-away here is that you can own a short-term rental inside of your IRA. Important Considerations For Owning Short-Term Rentals. There are a few other things you’ll want to take in consideration when owning any short-term rentals with your self-directed IRA. The first thing to understand is that these types of investments may be subject to something called UBIT, which means: Unrelated Business Income Tax This is because owning a short-term rental is like owning a business (think of owning a hotel). But just because there is a tax on it,