Not to be afraid of back taxes but embrace back taxes but as in any endeavor get your education and training. 

My advise to you (or anyone else who wish to self-directed their IRA or 401k): understand the rules and embrace them!

Those people (myself included) need to hear and embrace that perfection is not required.

Embrace change and learning as reality and "surf" it to learning, networks, systems, software, processes that culminate in diverse earning opportunities.  

The SECOND you embrace this... you can finally stop clinging to methods that will RARELY find you motivated sellers like bandit signs, door knocking, cold claling, DMM etc. etc.THIS is the exact thing I have been tryign to convince people of ... for years (yet people accuse me of selling seo).You can do it yourself.

Then, expand from there@Emily Hinkebein You're already a business owner, embrace it :). 

I look forward to connecting, learning and sharing as I embrace the journey. 

Im sure there are investors who did I just haven’t met them yet..Don’t be so afraid in making mistakes, embrace your mistakes and learn from them when they happen because they will and learn from other who made mistakes.I already had to get rid of my first Property Manager in my short career and on w a new one now I know exactly what qualities I need from a Pm and if this PM doesn’t work out I’ll look for a 3rd...I suggest going to meet ups and talking w other investors, if my time permits I might be going to my first one next week.It’s ok to feel like you don’t know what you’re at first, with time that feeling will go away.Confidence will come with experience..I still consider myself a newbie w a little bit of experience, my confidence is growing and I’m now considering moving to a new market time will tell.Plan your exit strategy, having a good exit strategy in place helps me pull the triggers on deals..Good luck ...

It's hard for the residential investors that have (made it) already in their minds to embrace they are beginners again on the next level. 

I embrace free labor.It worked out in the end.