I sounds like real estate may be in your genes.

It's A Whole New Business by Gene Trowbridge2.

@Gene Hacker I should have clarified.  

Good job Gene as I'm sure you've learned alot from this.

John Kent Gene Mills thank you.

If you do not have a mentor or the self motivating gene, I would recommend going to one of these brokerages first to get your feet wet.The smaller/discount brokerages are amazing for saving on amount of money that you pay in royalties, desk fees and commission splits.

Maybe it's the half monkey gene in me?

The best book in my opinion on self-directed IRAs is "IRA Wealth" by Patrick Rice, who has 30 years experience with Pensco Trust, a respected custodian out of Florida.See Private Banker Concept here http://equity-university.trustetc.com/library/gene...

She's at the same firm with Gene Trowbridge, Esq. that @Mario J Perez mentioned. 

For background, anything by Gene Trowbridge is great.