Confirm that the IRA LLC provider will prepare all of the documents needed to not only form the LLC (articles of organization, SS-4 to obtain an EIN) but also the documents needed by the trust company to process the investment of IRA funds in the LLC.3.

However, if you are looking for a consistent return over a longer period, I would suggest buy & hold and trying to obtain some rental income as cash flow.

I think top 3 things to obtain first are debt free or only necessary debt, lowering your living costs like rent and unnecessary spendings, and getting some cash stored for later.

What is the purchase of obtaining a cash out refi in your second option?

If not, a 30 year at 4% may be difficult to find and obtain. 

To determine market value, obtain an appraisal from a certified RE appraiser or, at a minimum, multiple opinions from different agents/brokers (CMA), and not from selling broker.Market value is always changing, like the stock market.

The more people on the loan, the hard it will be to obtain the loan.2.

The final approved plans, which took approximately six months to obtain, had (4) 3+2 and (2) 2+2 units, for a total of 16 bedrooms vs the 10 bedrooms at time of purchase.About six months after the purchase, we were ready to start work on the property.

This would not be enough to obtain a hard money loan Which typically request 20 to 30 K in assets.My credit Score is about 690 and typically don’t have trouble obtaining a traditional loan.

I figure I'm already renting out the 2nd bedroom in our current home and covering the mortgage, so if I make 0 income on the 4th unit in order to obtain the FHA loan, it's somewhat of a wash since our current mortgage is paid.