A long time real estate professional and investor, Jaime Raskulinecz, CPM, has worked full-time in the industry since 1994. Ms. Raskulinecz is the CEO of Entrust Northeast, LLC, a firm she founded after struggling to find a local business that could help her make real estate investments within her retirement accounts. Entrust Northeast specializes in comprehensive account administration and transaction support services for self-directed retirement and savings accounts. Their services and expertise enable investors to truly diversify their retirement portfolios by making real estate and other alternative investments within tax-advantaged accounts.
Jaime strives to empower clients with the knowledge needed to proactively shape their financial future and is a frequent speaker on non-traditional investments within retirement plans. She delivers regular presentations and workshops to investors, advisors, realtors and other professionals throughout the tri-state area to help individuals better understand their investment options and the requirements involved in self-directed accounts and transactions. She and her team opened their doors in 2005 and their services are so unique and in demand, that the firm experienced over 100% growth in 2006 and over 75% growth in 2007 and she projects similar growth this year as the word continues to spread.
Ms. Raskulinecz has more than a decade of experience within the real estate industry and has served on the executive board of the Institute of Real Estate Management, Chapter 1 in New Jersey. As a long-time real estate investor herself, she has deep knowledge and experience in the northeast marketplace as well as with waterfront properties in Cape Cod and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Ms. Raskulinecz has been frequently interviewed and asked to contribute to articles about self-directed investing which have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, InvestmentNews, Financial Advisor Magazine, Investment Advisor Magazine, FoxBusiness.com, NJBIZ, The Record, RIS Media, Real Estate Weekly and Broker Agent Social. She has been recognized by Real Estate New Jersey as one of their “50 Women of Influence” for 2008 & 2009, by the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners (NJAWBO) as one of the “30 Most Successful New Jersey Women Business Owners (2008)” and by NJBIZ as one of 2009’s New Jersey’s Best 50 Women in Business. Entrust Northeast was also selected as a “Best Practices In Marketing” finalist by The New York Enterprise Report for the firm’s education outreach to the public regarding real estate investing in self-directed accounts.
Ms. Raskulinecz is a New Jersey licensed real estate broker and is also an active member of many national and New Jersey real estate organizations including: the National Association of Realtors, New Jersey Board of Realtors, North Central Jersey Association of Realtors, Institute of Real Estate Management, New Jersey Affordable Housing Network, New Jersey Apartment Association, and the Community Associations Institute.
Prior to becoming a part of The Entrust Group Jaime was, and continues to be, CEO and a principal of Rainbow Property Management and a New Jersey licensed real estate broker. Rainbow Property Management has earned the Accredited Management Organization (AMO) credential from the Institute of Real Estate Management – one of only 19 firms in New Jersey to be awarded this prestigious designation. Only those firms that achieve the highest level of performance, experience and financial stability and have a CPM in an executive position can earn the AMO credential.
The Entrust Group is the nation’s largest network of professional Third Party Administrators providing Truly Self-Directed™ Retirement Plans. Entrust Northeast has become one of the first and only area companies to enable investors to harness their IRA assets to purchase a wide array of nontraditional investments such as real estate, notes, private placements, accounts receivables, limited partnerships, gold, as well as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and certificates of deposit.
