Bizarre.My wife and I also have a self-directed 401(k) plan, @Tina Artigliere and @Alicia Prokos.

Originally posted by @Oren K.

An interesting company looks good an LLC I prefer stock in REITS will look into that further the domain grocapitus.com is registered at Tucows in Canada and a 415 area code for office that's consistent with a Tech company $75 k buy-in.

Quote from @Dale K Poyser: Yelp is a good source because it lets you read reviews of actual customers.

Many opt for other investing methods in their SDIRA like private lending, crypto, private equity...anything except collectibles and life insurance.Note that a Solo 401k is exempt from UBIT on leveraged real estate so if you have self employment activity and no full time employees save for you and your spouse you should consider the Solo K as an option. 

Syndicators have too much control of your money and you get to watch them do very bad things as your investment money whittles away to nothing.I was a passive partner in two separate deals for two K-Mart shopping centers.

Profits during the partnership can be shared based on the agreed equity split, with income and expenses reported via K-1 forms. 

A few quick notes before I go into more detail on how I approach situations like this:- As mentioned in other replies, a 401(k) match should (almost) always be taken advantage of.

Quote from @Michael K Gallagher: "light clean out required once tenant moves out." 

Or buy a Contractor display home in a new upcoming development.