According to the IRS rules all transactions involving your IRA must be "arms length", meaning no disqualified person's involvement in any way, directly or indirectly.

I'll follow up in direct messages!

He indirectly mentioned that he would rather I buy it, might go lower price that way. 

As such, you may not transact with, receive direct or indirect benefit from, or provide direct or indirect benefit to her IRA.

If you can find a price where they walk with a little money, they will be happy and the bank will sign off if they are in direct contact.

So in a way, indirectly I considered I was profiting more due to this perk that nearby buildings didn't have, or in other cases something that was a necessity just to be on par with nearby buildings.

Here is a brief description of it:Protecting Renters and Preventing EvictionsCancel/ban evictions for rent due from the start of the COVID-19 State of Emergency through 12 months following the end of the State of Emergency, if tenant was unable to pay because of a direct or indirect impact of COVID-19.Provide “Just Cause” protections to ensure tenants and foreclosed homeowners cannot be evicted for no-fault or non-renewal of leases for 12 months following the end of the emergency declaration.Freeze rents at pre-COVID-19 levels; rents as of March 10, 2020 remain in effect through 12 months following the end of the State of Emergency.Provide a local option for municipalities to extend Just Cause protections upon expiration.Provide strong protections against unfair debt-collection activities for tenants impacted by COVID-19.Link to bill description:https://www.repmikeconnolly.or...Link to contact senators: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/HD5166

We have a meeting with her on Tuesday, after hearing indirectly (a friend staying with her) when we went the house for the third time. 

I found this on Google:New York law provides that “[n]o natural person shall ask or receive, directly or indirectly, compensation . . . for preparing deeds, mortgages, assignments, discharges, leases or any other instruments affecting real estate . . . unless he has been regularly admitted to practice, as an attorney or counselor, in the courts of record in the state” (N.Y.

We also have four aging water heaters all past their dates, which we've been encouraged to replace with a single indirect water heater (so we'd start paying tenant hw bills but could up the rents next cycle to accommodate).2.