On the contrary, today were far more mobile as individuals and as investors and today's local practitioner may not be local to you tomorrow.

If you are uneasy about it you might be honest and explain to the practitioner why, which it appears that they just have not either explained it well enough or you just need more time to comprehend and grasp what they might have already told you. 

I am an aircraft mechanic by trade and my wife is an Ob/Gyn nurse practitioner.

I am finding the same dental work that Jon is lately with ETC.While checkbook control sounds and I am sure a good option, I personally prefer that layer of 3rd party protection in my dealings with SDIRA's.

.- dental, sub contractors,tires, restaurant script, etc.

Here are some important points about these plans: 1- they can be used by a sole practitioner or one man business. 2- the amount the can be contributed to the plan in any one year is determined by the assumed income and profit on the plans capital, the age of the beneficiary, the retirement age of the beneficiary, the amount of assets in the plan, the number of years left to retirement, and the life expectancy tables published each year. 3- $195,000 is currently the maximum yearly benefit; however the max that can be contributed is determined by #2 above (can be more or less), the maximum deductible is currently $367,000 per year!

Cosmetology, welding, auto repair, dental assisting, etc.

It drives Tax Controversy practitioners mad.

Practitioners should note that in TAM 9818003, the partners in a partnership tried to circumvent the rules disallowing the like-kind exchange of partnership interests by entering into a deferred like-kind exchange of the partnership’s only asset, with the qualifying properties being distributed to the partners in liquidation of their interests, rather than to the partnership.

All of our instructors are extremely successful practitioners and teach what they do.