This is a new one to me.I have a house on the edge if town for sale and I had a gal come out and enthuse that it was just right because she had chemical sensitivity and yadda yadda yadda.

I might eventually also do RE through a SDIRA too, but currently my opportunities lie within franchise investments.I think I'll want checkbook control, even though the transactions will be infrequent and not extremely time sensitive.

While most people find they wont generate enough income from this business to qualify to make any type of meaningful contributions, it would allow you to administer your own 401k plan, invest in alternative assets like real estate, and take loans from the plan, etc.If you want to invest in tax liens/deeds, or auction properties, or anything with a time sensitive nature, or fix and flips, rehabs, or anything where you will be making a lot of transactions, you might want to look at a SD IRA LLC option.

It might be a good idea to drive the rent comps to check their likeness to the subject.Keep a copy of the comps on file as rental rates typically can be relevant for up to a year, unlike comparable sales that are much more time sensitive

Bryan, great list that I will be monitoring.Has anyone ever heard of or used Safeguard Financial?

That means that they will be very sensitive to interest rate risk.

I am sensitive to water hazards and kids so if you had an unsupervised kid by the water  you are out.

Im sensitive. 

A lot of the smaller lenders in my area (those who loan out $70K or less) will fund a flip in 'draws' = so the lender pays once the rehabber completes work....this can be one safeguard for the lender since you are only providing funds once the work is done.

With Austin prices already super high (compared to the rest of the State) + somewhat of a remote work environment, it's possible that a migration towards San Antonio will start to pick up for more blue collar, price sensitive tenants looking for cheaper housing .