Since their founding in 2003, Guidant Financial Group, has emerged as the industry leader in self-directed IRAs and innovative small business and franchise financing. Guidant Financial's services enable people from all walks of life to purchase alternative investments (i.e., real estate, small businesses, mortgages, tax liens, etc.) inside their retirement plans as an investment, without taking a taxable distribution. Guidant has helped thousands of new business and franchise owners obtain alternative small business funding by providing innovative and easy-to-use small business and franchise financing solutions.