The only thing we can think of is he deals with a lot of international trade and money and maybe it’s OFAC we just get a scripted message every time we talk to someone so we got lawyers involved. 

Rev, founded by Alex Mehr and Tai Lopez, have no connection whatsoever that we could find despite our background searches (included in this report) nor in any news or business publication.

Second, if you want a nice house in a nice part of town, you will have to pay for it, so will likely need to raise your purchase price.Third, if you want to go off-market, just know you are trading a lot of time for the possibility of maybe finding a deal.  

@Jerry Chilimidos Yes, you can use your SDIRA for hard money lending, with income going back into your SDIRA tax-deferred or tax-free (unless the activity rises to trade or business, then you might be exposed to UBTI).

No protection in those cases whatsoever. 

I am a teacher by trade, but I am looking to get into real estate since I've been interested in it for years.

Can you do contracting work on properties and learn valuable skills that will help you remodel properties, flip them, or otherwise learn as much as possible about the construction trade? 

Most REITs should not trade at huge premium and/or discount to NAV and when they do it is often a lot about perception about the future of that REIT or that RE market.

Trading off current cashflow for principal payoff in the future?

No tax so far I think.2) If I convert that partnership interest into shares in a PUBLICLY traded UPREIT I trigger tax on the deemed sale/exchange of the partnership interest into stock of the REIT?