Doug Miller's (dmguidant) Blog

I wanted to post this information again for those of you that know investors or anyone looking to purchase a home as an investment property.  With banks not lending like they use to (which is a good thing) and the rules tightening up there are alot of ways to inform your potential buyers that the...

Good Morning Active Rainers, After last nights seminar and talking about investing in real estate, I had a past client of mine walk up to me and ask me about advertising and marketing herself in today's real estate market.  Being that I have been in the advertising world for a few years now I hav...

So this is another question that some are asking and it's also a comment you will hear people saying the real estate market is coming back, Is it?  I don't know but this is what I can tell you, I have been to the county courthouse and I have been to the friday auction for foreclosures and let me ...

Good morning active rainers, I still get the question "how can I take advantage of the real estate opportunities with my retirement funds?"  And or "is this a good time to invest in real estate."  Well I am going to make a public post on my opinion, and again this is only my opinion.  YES you can...

Self-Directed IRA Accounts Growing at a 30% Rate Americans Choosing to Self-Direct their Retirement Savings in Response to Financial Turmoil SEATTLE, WA - Dec. 8, 2008 - One of the nation's largest providers of self-directed IRA services announced today that it will record 30% growth in new self-...

Hey All, So I want to share with you a press release from our company that I find interesting.  I talk with alot of potential clients on a daily basis about what they are doing in the stock market, real estate investing, etc.  Even in today's market I still hear of alot of opportunity out there, ...

Guidant Financial Group Makes Inc. 500 Thanks to 788.6% Three-Year Growth Bellevue, Wash. (August 20, 2008) - Due to its rapid and significant growth, Guidant Financial Group ranked number 384 on the just-released Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Guidant is the l...

 EMAIL TO A FRIEND Debt-Free Home EquityTM Joins Growing Assembly of Debt-Free Financing Solutions for Small Businesses Bellevue, Wash. (August 14, 2008) - Thanks in no small part to the challenge of securing credit in today's economic climate, would-be business owners can turn to a new, debt-fr...

Credit Crisis Fuels 131% Increase in Private Lending Since 2005 Bellevue, Wash. (June 24, 2008) - Guidant Financial Group released investment data today that indicated private loan investments inside IRAs have increased 131.1% since 2005. The statistic was derived by comparing data from past and...

THREE SELF-DIRECTED IRA STARTING POINTS   It was Fathers Day weekend, and I was sitting with my sons and my dad on the boat thinking about where I was in life. Among many other things, I wondered what knowledge and experience I was passing on to my kids about the self-directed IRA industry. I rem...