I know I have to be diligent in directing the money properly (easy to squander on other things).

. §33-23-43, a public adjuster may not pay the insured any form of compensation (directly or indirectly) or give any allowance or discount against the fees to be charged.1Pursuant to O.C.G.A. §10-1-393.12, a residential roofing contractor shall not represent or negotiate, or offer or advertise to represent or negotiate, on behalf of an owner or possessor of residential real estate on any insurance claim in connection with the repair or replacement of roof systems unless the residential roofing contractor is licensed as a public adjuster under Chapter 23 of Title 33.May a roofing contractor (who is not filing a claim or negotiating with an insurance company on behalf of a homeowner) waive or rebate the homeowner’s insurance deductible?

Hi,Who knows if it possible to issue a secured promissory note to a private lender and :- invest in real estate securities through private equity funds (vs. typical direct investments) ?- mention in the promissory not...

Then they could just use the annual gift exemption, as I think you suggested, to gift us back as an 'indirect' means to slowly gift us the ownership.

I’m thinking of engaging more in direct mail and cold calling efforts to hopefully obtain some deals that are off the market, if I do happen to find a motivated seller, how does the negotiation of the purchase price and closing typically work?

Need to explore private lending more, building my credibility, indirect marketing, networking, etc...gonna have to partner on this one and sell, so that I can fund my next deal.

The two are indirectly linked. 

IRS rules are very clear: IRA can not engage in any transaction, directly or indirectly, with disqualified person, this is called self-dealing and will void the IRA:https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-prohibited-transactions

Notes (*): The bigger counties (Mecklenburg , New Hanover, Wake, others) provide raw data and for some smaller counties you can download the data, indirectly, from the GIS user interface.

Spending thousands in direct mail.