Key Takeaways
Despite significant benefits, tax-sensitive high-net-worth investors have been hesitant to fully embrace direct lending strategies due to perceived tax inefficiencies.
Investors who are sensitive to taxes can enhance their after-tax returns by investing through tax-deferred IRAs or Roth IRAs.
When retirement accounts are not an option, tax-sensitive investors with long-term investment horizons can still capture similar return benefits by investing through a private placement life insurance (PPLI) policy or private placement variable annuity (PPVA) contract.