Optimize Golden Opportunity FUND and U.S Self-Directed IRA

[tkrunning (Thomas K. Running)]

Hi Ira, see e.g. this post:

Do I need to open a Portuguese bank account to make my Golden Visa investment?

I have completed my investment with Optimize using my Self Directed IRA and no LLC. The key factor from the SDIRA side was that the fund is Not Publicly Traded, thus the investment could be made directly. It was important on the Optimize side that the wire transfer included my full name as it appears on their account/GV application. This was an issue as at first the SDIRA sent it out with just my last name as the reference, despite the phone calls and emails from mself and Optimize spoke with…