We all have a common reason for being in the room or on the online call. 

If you plan on buying additional property, you should indeed go on more calls to assess and meet the repair person so that you understand the problems as they arise.  

It is common for investors to bring in additional signers, often referred to as credit enhancement.

Being above four units, fairly common for the accepted offer needed before showings.

As a result, price gouging has become a common issue.

Our current manager is in Huntsville and it is becoming clear that we need someone more local to Cullman who can be on top of showing our listings and taking charge of maintenance and repairs as needs arise. 

@Grant Shipman, I will say, I have not explicitly seen anyone violate these rules (that I know of), but more commonly there are a lot of people who have comfort operating at the margins.I.e. compliance officers/attorneys that stop at the letter of the law may say: "investment manager X, you can advertise your company all you want.  

If so you need to fall into the guidelines (for the investor whos funding it) regarding non arms length transactions.The most common scenarios they typically prohibit are:- Gifts of Equity- Bailouts- Leaseback OptionsAt the end of the day it needs to be a legitimate transaction, with legitimate funds coming into close.

Or, what’s something you don’t hear discussed often that could help me avoid common pitfalls?

The 1031 exchange was done as a group irrespective of, and including the SDIRA status, as a tenant-in-common.