Jim’s forte is the financing and acquisition of real estate, private offerings, mortgage lending, business’s, joint ventures, partnerships and limited liability companies using creative techniques. He has developed, owned, and managed everything from single family homes to multi-unit commercial properties and million dollar business’s.
Jim resides in Asheville, North Carolina, and is past President of the Carolinas Real Estate Investors Association (CREIA). He teaches investing techniques in North and South Carolina at UNC Asheville, AB Tech and Lorman Educational Services.
Jim is the Chief Executive Officer of American IRA. Allowing their clients to invest in non-traditional assets, such as real estate, partnerships, limited liability companies, private loans and many other investment choices, American IRA teaches you how to use your self-directed IRA or self-directed 401k plan to earn tax free income.


Sean McKay
For more than 5 years, Sean McKay has enjoyed using his self-directed IRA account to invest in residential rental properties and private lending.
Sean received his B.A. Degree in Economics from the University of South Florida. Sean enjoys using his education and experience to teach investors how to optimize their resources. Sean resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Sean is the Vice President in Charge of Business Development at American IRA. Allowing their clients to invest in non-traditional assets, such as real estate, partnerships, limited liability companies, private loans and many other investment choices, American IRA teaches you how to use your self-directed IRA or self-directed 401k plan to earn tax free income.
You can reach Sean at sean@americanira.com or (866) 7500-IRA(472).
About Asheville North Carolina
Asheville is a wonderful historic town that has a wealth of tourist attractions: the beautiful Biltmore House, the Asheville Art Museum, the Asheville Historic Trolley Tours, the Asheville Ghost Trolley Tour, the Biltmore Winery, the Buncombe County Civil War Memorial, the Cherokee Excursions, the gorgeous Blue Ridge Parkway, the DINO-kinetics, the Estes-Winn Antique Car Museum at Grovewood Gallery, the Folk Art Center, the Ghost Hunters of Asheville, the Grandfather Mountain, the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, the Linville Caverns, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, the North Carolina Arboretum, the Southern Appalachian Radio Museum, and so much more.
So come on over to Asheville and, while you are here, stop in to see us about opening your Self-directed account.









