American IRA, LLC is a self-directed IRA administrator founded in 2004 by James C. Hitt, originally headquartered in Asheville, North Carolina and now based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The company acts as a third-party administrator on behalf of custodian New Vision Trust Company, a South Dakota chartered trust company, providing combined custodial and administrative oversight for self-directed retirement accounts. American IRA serves clients across all 50 states, helping individuals diversify Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEP IRAs, SIMPLE IRAs, Solo 401(k)s, HSAs, and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts into alternative assets such as real estate, private lending/notes, tax liens, precious metals, single-member LLCs, and privately held companies.