Use some for buy and hold (I personally would prefer apartments rather than buying a few single family homes) and some for lending/trust deed investing.In either category, you must know what you are doing, know how to vet the investment, how to vet the sponsor (if investing in a larger fund of some sort), the laws and regulations on the lending side, how to investigate which areas to invest in buy and hold and notes/trust deeds for that matter.So as you have already said several times, lots to think about . . . 

As you said you are currently still employed there, so you can't do it right away until you leave employment there.Second, once you've rolled over, you can setup your SDIRA as a regular account (where fund release has to go via your custodian) or setup a LLC checkbook option, where you can write out a check for your choice of investments.Yes you will have full control over the use of funds in your rolled over SDIRA. 

Larger companies also began investing in Waco.

The larger your portfolio grows, the better systems are. 

Crowdfunding can be a great way to leverage the above strategies’ benefits while reaching a larger and broader pool of capital.Google AdwordsPay-per-click (PPC) advertising campaigns using Google Adwords can be great.

Do I buy as low as I can to afford mortgage with 0 down and use 300k for big bear or put a larger down on primary home.

All of these are factors in narrowing down your choice for starting.

We have LVP in some kitchen/bath areas and it is holding up well, but if you have a choice tile.The only caveat I can think of is aesthetically having all one floor is more pleasing than many room transitions.

If you are thinking of just buying and holding one larger asset (or a few smaller ones), you could take out mortgages against the three properties and use that money as down payments towards new assets.

If it is a larger house and the renter group is families consider that moving in the school year is less common.