I know there is much debate about how to account for CapEx and the method about breaking down each item into a monthly cost derived from the useful life of the item seems to prevail in a lot of circles.  

I am relatively new but have derived a flood of great information on here.

@Kathryn Mould "Stop Foreclosure" and its derivatives are popular.

. ;-)Anyway, why don't you take a look at Schedule E (to from 1040) to derive at the answer to your questions: https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040se.pdfStarting with line 3 you will see all the relevant parts that are to be considered when figuring out your taxable income (emphasis on "taxable" as this is ultimately what counts with respect to this particular discussion here).The form is fairly straight forward IMO.

As far equity, that isn't necessarily something that is derived from 3 years of payments.If you execute an option to purchase for $1M and the property is worth that at the beginning of the 3 year lease term, then over the 3 years you are able to raise the CAP and therefore force appreciation, because you did some improvements, were able to raise the rents, and filled the vacancies...

The leading providers are North American Savings Bank and First Western Federal Savings.When the IRA uses debt-financing such as a mortgage, the percentage of the income derived from the non-IRA (borrowed) funds is taxable to the IRA.  

I read about the lender calling the HELOC if I sold the residence the HELOC was derived from but nothing about if I roll the asset(s) themselves.

Folks in the financial planning business should encourage their clients to consider real estate investments and ownership of small, local businesses.Continually touting only the stock market (Individual stocks, mutual funds, bond products, derivatives, etc.) is getting old."

@David M.You are correct that a rollover to a self-directed 401k just allows the 401k funds to be diversified into real estate and that you would not personally be able to derive income from such a plan.  

And moreover Bank appraisers take the upgrades (rehab) into consideration when deriving the purchase price.