The options are seemingly endless for different ways to use a self-directed IRA to invest in real estate.

The lies are endless from him to us about the renters and to them about the property and us.

I know that there are endless sources of pocket listings, especially in the City of Brotherly Love. 

Bathroom - no shower older style tub- buy a shower kit for 6-7 hundred bucks or replace everything with new tube and shower (I am replacing sink and toilet)Living room - has carpet that I admit has been their a while (my whole live) but my parents never walked on it they had plastic runners and carpet down over the carpet to protect it all these years.

I believe front runner is definitely a positive for the area and allows commuting to slc and Utah county to be economical advantageous. 

Needless to say this is typical of PM companies out here, the stories are endless.  

Your answer is flawed endlessly. 

Something endlessly hungers inside of me for visible displays of social status through wealth, no matter how much I try to fight it, no matter how clearly I consciously understand and accept that it's an irrational neurosis.

Like others have said, note buyers will want a discount to 1) get an attractive yield of 9-12%, 2) compensate for the perceived risk of a non-institutionally originated note, and 3) compensate for a riskier borrower.Additional for #2: When you get a loan from a bank, do you remember the endless documents that you signed in an excessive amount of legalese?

Funny how those who have to stay rooted in the reality of running a retail business don't have time for endless conference calls or extended lunch meetings....Its not funny to listen to how many are scraping to get by, or who are waiting on a change in the "economy" that will return their customers.Many of these are not in the statistics of the unemployed, but are in effect making less than minimum wage.