Directed IRA Podcast

By Mat Sorensen and Mark Kohler

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The Directed IRA Podcast, hosted by attorneys Mat Sorensen and Mark J. Kohler, is the leading source for investors navigating the world of self-directed IRAs and 401(k)s. As co-founders of Directed IRA & Directed Trust Company (directedira.com), Mat and Mark have helped thousands of clients invest in alternative assets using tax-advantaged retirement accounts.


Episodes cover topics related to self-directing retirement accounts, such as Roth IRAs, Solo 401(k)s, real estate, private equity and venture funds, promissory notes, private placements (PPMs), start-ups, IRA/LLCs (Checkbook IRAs), and the UBIT/UDFI tax rules. The podcast also addresses prohibited transactions and shares real-world examples from investors who have successfully self-directed their retirement for decades.

Whether you're a seasoned investor or just getting started, this podcast offers practical, expert-level insights into building wealth through self-directed strategies.


Mat Sorensen is an attorney, best-selling author of The Self-Directed IRA Handbook, and CEO of Directed IRA & Directed Trust Company, a leading self-directed IRA custodian with nearly $3 billion under administration. He is a national expert on self-directed retirement strategies and a Senior Partner at KKOS Lawyers. Mat also co-hosts The Main Street Business Podcast along with Mark J. Kohler. 

Mark J. Kohler is a CPA, attorney, best-selling author of six books, and a nationally recognized authority on small business tax and legal strategies. Mark serves as a Senior Partner at KKOS Lawyers and Board Member at Directed IRA Trust Company, which manages over $3 billion in assets. As the founder of the Main Street Certified Tax Advisor Program, Mark has trained thousands of CPAs and Enrolled Agents nationwide, helping millions of small business owners better navigate tax and legal strategies. Mark also co-hosts The Main Street Business Podcast along with Mat Sorensen.


Episode Date
Open Forum Q&A on Self-Directed IRAs
Jan 30, 2026
Should I Set Up a Trump Account for My Kid?
Jan 12, 2026
Retirement Account Resolutions for 2026: New Contribution Limits, Key Deadlines, and Live Q&A
Jan 02, 2026
Year-End Retirement Account Strategies
Dec 18, 2025
Year-End Roth Strategies
Dec 11, 2025
Prohibited Transactions in a Self-Directed IRA (You Know It's a Prohibited Transaction When...)
Dec 01, 2025
Opening a Self-Directed IRA And Understanding Prohibited Transactions
Nov 26, 2025
Tax-Free Crypto Investing With a Roth IRA
Nov 20, 2025
What You Need to Know When Buying Oil & Gas With an IRA
Nov 04, 2025
Self-Directed HSA: It's Enrollment Time
Oct 30, 2025
Gold Hits a New All-Time High: How to Buy Gold (and Other Precious Metals) in Your IRA
Oct 10, 2025
#CryptoTaxFreePledge (The Secret to Keeping All Your Crypto Gains)
Oct 08, 2025
Mega Backdoor Roth Explained: What Is It and How It Works
Sep 18, 2025
5 Creative Real Estate Investment Strategies with Your IRA - (We Bet You’ve Never Heard Before)
Sep 08, 2025
Investing in Startups and Venture Capital with Your IRA
Sep 02, 2025
Investing in Alternative Assets Under $25K with Your IRA
Aug 27, 2025
Alternative Assets in Your 401(K)
Aug 15, 2025
The Hidden Secrets About HSAs That Will Blow Your Mind
Aug 13, 2025
Buying Low in Distressed Markets - Featuring Jamison Manwaring
Jul 28, 2025
How to Use Your IRA to Invest in Private Funds
Jul 25, 2025
College Saving Strategies You Never Thought Of
Jul 21, 2025
Key Questions When Self-Directing Your IRA
Jul 14, 2025
BEWARE - Avoid these Common Mistakes when Self-Directing
Jun 30, 2025
Waking Up Your Retirement Account: What Your 401(k) or Sleepy IRA Could Be Doing for You
Jun 23, 2025
Buying Gold and other Precious Metals in your IRA
Jun 02, 2025
Should My Trust be the Beneficiary of My IRA?
May 27, 2025
Private Lending and Hard Money Loans with a Self-Directed IRA or Solo 401K
May 19, 2025
How to Buy a Rental Property in your IRA
May 14, 2025
How Investors are Turning Hotels into Homes People Can Afford - ft. Adam Hooper & Ryan Sudeck
May 14, 2025
50 Minutes of Real Talk on Self-Directed IRAs and Alternative Investing
May 07, 2025
Backdoor Roth Strategy for 2025
Apr 07, 2025
Top 10 FAQs For Self Directed IRAs!
Mar 31, 2025
How to Partner your IRA with others when doing Deals
Mar 26, 2025
Investing in Private Companies, Funds, and Small business with a Self Directed IRA or solo 401k
Mar 17, 2025
Banks Are Pushing Distressed Assets—Here’s What It Means for You! with Jamison Manwaring.
Mar 10, 2025
Self Directed Mechanics - Transfers & Rollovers
Mar 05, 2025
How To Buy XRP Tax-Free With A Roth IRA!
Feb 18, 2025
How To Use An IRA LLC/ Checkbook IRA!
Feb 10, 2025
How To Find Real Estate Deals For Your Self Directed IRA With Shenoah Grove!
Feb 03, 2025
Self-Directed IRA Rules - Buying Real Estate and Alternative Assets.
Jan 21, 2025
What Is A Self Directed IRA?
Jan 13, 2025
Where is Real Estate headed in 2025? w/ Jamison Manwaring
Dec 30, 2024
Buying Crypto in Your IRA - BTC, SOL, XRP, & More
Dec 26, 2024
Buying Crypto with your IRA - Step by Step
Dec 16, 2024
Roth Chunking and Year-End Deadlines & Strategies
Dec 02, 2024
Open Forum: Listeners Questions Answered!
Nov 25, 2024
Cody Sperber on Real Estate Development, Entrepreneurship, and Building Success
Nov 18, 2024
Maxing Out Your Retirement Account For High Income Earners!
Nov 07, 2024
5 Roth IRA Benefits you didn't know
Oct 03, 2024
Unlocking Unique 401(k) Strategies You Haven't Thought Of.
Sep 26, 2024
What Is A Solo 401(k)?
Sep 19, 2024
The Ultimate Strategy to Protect Your IRA/401k
Sep 09, 2024
Open Forum: Listener Questions Answered!
Aug 29, 2024
Best Retirement Options for Freelancers in 2024
Aug 22, 2024
How to Invest in Venture Capital & Startups (ft. Mat Sorensen & Chris Lustrino)
Aug 16, 2024
The Best College Saving Strategies!
Aug 01, 2024
Solo 401(k) or SEP IRA: Determining the Best Retirement Strategy for the Self-Employed
Jul 25, 2024
Real Estate Opportunities in Today’s Market with Noah Brocious
Jul 18, 2024
The Complete Guide to Self-Directed IRAs: Top 10 FAQs Answered
Jul 11, 2024
How to Invest in Real Estate Using a Self-Directed 401(k) or IRA
Jul 04, 2024
Crowdfunding Real Estate: Inside a Self-Directed IRA or 401K
Jun 27, 2024
The Ultimate Guide to Self-Directed Roth IRAs
Jun 14, 2024
Self-Directed IRA Summer School
Jun 12, 2024
The Benefits of Kids Roth IRAs and Teaching Financial Literacy
May 30, 2024
Why do you need an IRA/LLC.. [everything you need to know]
May 23, 2024
Social Security Alert - What Is Your Plan?!
May 16, 2024
WEIRD Investments you can make with a Self-Directed IRA
May 09, 2024
51 minutes of Pure Advice on how to Build Wealth
Apr 25, 2024
What to do if you have an Inherited IRA.
Apr 11, 2024
Who's the beneficiary of your IRA or 401K? Beware!
Apr 11, 2024
How much you should have in your 401k by age
Apr 03, 2024
Open Forum: The RIGHT way to Invest with your Self-Directed IRA
Apr 02, 2024
Open Forum: Self Directed Account Questions from the Internet!
Mar 29, 2024
Open Forum: The Ins and Outs of Self-Directing Your Retirement Account
Feb 27, 2024
Solo 401(k) - Contributions, Rules & FAQs
Feb 02, 2024
Is This a Good Deal for my IRA?
Jan 26, 2024
Buying Crypto in Your IRA - Trading, Staking, and Mining
Jan 18, 2024
Gettin Started with a Self-Directed IRA or 401(k)
Jan 12, 2024
Turn Your Old Employer 401k into a Million Dollars
Jan 11, 2024
Tax-Free Investing & Contribution Deadlines: Your Self-Directed Account Questions Answered
Jan 02, 2024
Solo 401(k) Contribution Limits and Deadlines - 2024
Dec 29, 2023
Cryptocurrency and Precious Metals in Your Retirement Account
Dec 28, 2023
How to take YOUR Small Business to a Publicly Traded Company Managing Alternative Assets
Dec 20, 2023
Everything You Need to Know About the Backdoor Roth IRA in 2024
Dec 14, 2023
Your Questions: Roth Conversions and Backdoor Roth IRA
Dec 07, 2023
Year-End Retirement Account Tips and Tricks
Nov 29, 2023
Don't Do This With Your Self-Directed IRA
Nov 21, 2023
The Solo 401K - The Ins and Outs
Nov 15, 2023
Open Forum: 2024 Contribution Limits and Answering your Self-Directed IRA Questions!
Nov 08, 2023
Self-Directed Case Studies: Real World Application
Oct 26, 2023
The Power of Checkbook Control: IRA LLC Explained
Oct 25, 2023
Investing in Self-Storage with AJ Osborne and Mat Sorensen
Oct 17, 2023
Buying International Real Estate
Oct 06, 2023
Open Forum: Answering your Self-Directed Account Questions!
Sep 21, 2023
Don't Miss the Solo 401K Deadline - They're Here
Sep 13, 2023
Top 10 Roth IRA Questions and Answers 2023
Sep 11, 2023
Is Michael Burry telling you to Self-Direct your IRA?
Aug 24, 2023
Real Estate Deals on TV vs. Real Life: Behind-the-Scenes with Amy Mahjoory from HGTV
Aug 21, 2023
5 Common Mistakes in Roth Conversions
Aug 14, 2023
Alternative Assets in a Self-directed IRA or 401K
Jul 17, 2023
Open Forum: Answering your Self-Directed Account Questions
Jul 11, 2023
Kid Roth's - Summertime Savings Strategies
Jun 21, 2023
How to Best Use an IRA LLC
Jun 12, 2023
Veena Jetti on Multi Family in Todays Market - Best Practices & Competitive Strategies - Webinar
Jun 08, 2023
ROTH IRA VS ROTH 401K - The Great Debate!
May 31, 2023
Open Forum: Answering Your Self-Directed IRA Questions!
May 17, 2023
How Your IRA Can Flip Real Estate?
May 05, 2023
Using an IRA or 401K to Fund a Business
May 01, 2023
Self-Directed Case Study with Gary Chung
Apr 24, 2023
Open Forum: Answering Your Self-Directed IRA Questions!
Apr 17, 2023
IRA & 401k Deadlines and Limits 22' & 23'
Apr 07, 2023
Open Forum: Answering your Self-Directed Questions
Mar 30, 2023
Banking Crisis and How to Protect Your Cash? W/ Guest Jonathan Morris CEO of Titan Bank
Mar 16, 2023
Open Forum: Your Questions Answered on Self Directed Retirement Accounts
Mar 13, 2023
Investing in Private Funds with your IRA
Mar 06, 2023
Lending and Notes with your Self-Directed IRA & 401K
Feb 28, 2023
Raising Private Money for Real Estate with Amy Mahjoory - Special Guest Episode
Feb 17, 2023
Investing in Distressed Assets
Feb 13, 2023
Secure 2.0 & Law Changes to IRA'S & 401K'S in 2023
Feb 07, 2023
SOLO 401K VS. SEP IRA
Jan 31, 2023
Investing in Alternative Assets with and IRA or 401k
Jan 23, 2023
Putting Your Sleepy IRA and 401K $ to Work: Transfer and Roll Over Rules
Jan 17, 2023
Your 2023 Savings Goal for Your IRA and 401k.
Jan 06, 2023
HUGE CHANGES TO IRA'S AND 401 K'S - NEW LAWS IN AFFECT
Jan 04, 2023
How much do you need in your IRA or 401k to retire?
Dec 28, 2022
Backdoor Roth IRA for 2023 and Beyond
Dec 09, 2022
Roth Conversions and Chunking Before Year End
Dec 01, 2022
How To Fund Your Deal With Other People's IRAs
Nov 22, 2022
Open Forum - Self-Directed IRA Q&A on Start-Ups, Syndicates, RMD, Crypto, FDIC, Side Door Solo 401k
Nov 14, 2022
New Contribution Limits 2023
Nov 07, 2022
Roth Accounts for Realtors and Brokers
Nov 02, 2022
How To Do A Kid's Roth IRA
Oct 25, 2022
Solo 401(k) Structures and Strategies
Oct 17, 2022
6 Common Mistakes Investors Make with IRA LLCs and Checkbook IRAs
Oct 10, 2022
Open Forum: Your Questions Answered on Real Estate in a Roth IRA, Short Term Rentals, UBIT Tax
Sep 27, 2022
Analyzing Investments for Retirement Accounts
Sep 16, 2022
Student Loan Debt Crisis and The Solution - Coverdell ESAs, 529 and Roth IRAs
Sep 07, 2022
Roth IRA vs. Health Savings Account (HSA): Which Is Better?
Aug 31, 2022
Investing Strategies! What Would The Bank Do? Top 10 Due Diligence Checklist!
Aug 22, 2022
Open Forum
Aug 16, 2022
6 ways to protect your IRA or 401K in a recession
Jul 26, 2022
Raising Capital from IRAs & 401(K)s
Jul 18, 2022
Open Forum
Jul 11, 2022
EP 62: Solo 401(k) Required Filings and Avoiding Common Mistakes.
Jun 28, 2022
How to move my IRA and 401(K) around?
Jun 06, 2022
Open Forum - Answering your difficult Self-Directed IRA questions
Jun 01, 2022
5 Common Mistakes when Self-Directing
May 07, 2022
Mega Back Door Roth Revealed
Apr 15, 2022
Leveraging your IRA Investment with Debt
Apr 11, 2022
SECURE Act 2.0: You're going to Love It!
Apr 01, 2022
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Mar 25, 2022
Real Estate Development in an IRA
Mar 22, 2022
Deadlines for 2021 Contributions: There's Still Time
Mar 04, 2022
IRA/LLC for Staking, Defi, & Crypto
Feb 25, 2022
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Feb 23, 2022
Invest Your IRA in a Start-up or Small Business
Feb 10, 2022
Saving for College: 529 v Coverdell v ROTH IRA
Jan 24, 2022
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Jan 14, 2022
The Truth about IRA/LLCs: Alive and Well
Jan 01, 2022
Roth Conversions before Year-End: Live Free or Die Hard
Dec 20, 2021
Getting money in and out of your IRA without screwing it up
Dec 10, 2021
Legislation Update and Open Forum
Nov 25, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Nov 01, 2021
Buying and Selling Land in Your IRA
Oct 04, 2021
Fixing an Excess Roth Contribution
Sep 30, 2021
Backdoor Roth IRA - Roth IRAs For Everyone
Sep 17, 2021
How to Flip Real Estate in an IRA
Sep 08, 2021
How To Mine Crypto In Your IRA
Aug 26, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Aug 11, 2021
Getting Unstuck With Self-Directing
Jul 30, 2021
Should Insurance Be Used for Retirement
Jul 21, 2021
Roth IRA vs. Trad. IRA - The Great Debate
Jul 14, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Jul 06, 2021
401(k) and ROTH Strategies
Jun 25, 2021
Who Should I List As The Beneficiary Of My Self-Directed IRA or 401(k)?
Jun 16, 2021
Can You Move Crypto Into Your Roth IRA?
Jun 09, 2021
Roth IRAs for Kids: Rules and Steps to Establish
Jun 07, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Jun 01, 2021
What is a Health Savings Account (HSA) and How Can You Self-Direct It?
May 21, 2021
Extension Deadlines: IRA & 401k Strategies
May 13, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
May 10, 2021
The Coverdell ESA and How To Maximize It
May 03, 2021
Rentals, Flips, and Vacation Homes in an IRA
Apr 26, 2021
Strategies For Moving an Old IRA to a Self-Directed IRA
Apr 19, 2021
IRA Partnering with Individuals or Other Accounts
Apr 09, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Apr 02, 2021
Roth IRA Conversions and Chunking Strategies
Mar 26, 2021
When Does Your IRA Have to Pay Taxes?
Mar 19, 2021
How to Invest in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrency with a Self-Directed IRA or 401k
Mar 10, 2021
How to Invest in a Private Company before they list on the Public Exchanges
Feb 22, 2021
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Feb 19, 2021
What Happens to an IRA or 401k When the Owner Dies?
Feb 12, 2021
Due Diligence Top Ten List When Investing
Feb 04, 2021
Can I Own GameStop Stock with my Roth?
Jan 29, 2021
Private Lending and Hard Money Loans with a Self-Directed IRA or Solo 401(k)
Jan 22, 2021
Investing in Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency with a Self-Directed IRA or Solo(k)
Jan 15, 2021
Starting a Business with Your Self-Directed IRA or 401(k)
Dec 21, 2020
OPEN FORUM SHOW - Self-Directed Retirement Plan Questions
Dec 14, 2020
Investing in a Private Company, Private Fund, or Small Business with your Self Directed IRA or Solo 401k
Dec 04, 2020
How to Invest in Real Estate with a Self-Directed IRA or Solo 401(k)
Nov 11, 2020
How to use an IRA/LLC or Checkbook IRA
Oct 27, 2020
Self-Directed IRA Rules
Oct 12, 2020
Investment Options with a Self-Directed IRA and 401(k)
Sep 21, 2020
What is a Self-Directed IRA? Getting Started
Sep 02, 2020