If debt-financed real estate is acquired via an IRA, any income attributable to such investment will generally be subject to unrelated debt finance income tax.5.

This area was (and may still be) a fantastic area, mostly owner occupied, with challenging cash flow attributes but easy to rent.

I believe we have many great attributes, but it does boil down to what are you looking to do here?

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a specialty trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.In addition, please note if you purchase debt-financed real estate with your IRA, unrelated debt finance income tax should apply to the income attributable to debt-financed real estate held by your IRA.

Those are just some things to think about while stress testing.I'll end with a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln, "Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle."

The Fed attributes the lower delinquency rates to the increase of forbearances.

I love the upside potential, however, how much value do I attribute to “upside” if any?

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a specialty trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.In addition, please note if you purchase debt-financed real estate with your IRA, unrelated debt finance income tax should apply to the income attributable to debt-financed real estate held by your IRA.

Yes it has many great attributes such as economies of scale, but it also has its own unique risks.

what other things would suggest besides increasing those two attributes