. ($5000)Septic/Oil/Well – I don’t know…Mold removal - $1000Miscellaneous – additional 10%Total – around $55k, which seems too high.

Don't rule out self storage facilities, especially Florida.

I don't want to rely on that, since I know appraisers in our area have been conservative of late and think this is a good enough deal to burn some more midnight oil on to find other methods of funding.

Oh and it looks like it is next to a car repair facility so that limits appeal even more.

He listed is 5 asset classes that he is currently involved in for this preparation: - Multi-family housing (apartments)- storage units- oil & gas- short terms loans/under a Year- gold & silverNow my question is, When EXACTLY is the right time to begin this preparation, when your finally pretty much done with investing?

Right now If I was to buy anything publically traded it might be energy, Specifically oil and natural gas for the long haul.

An analogy would be, you can learn to change your own oil, but why do most people take it to a shop?

Is it possible that DoL would construe this as "furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between a plan and a disqualified person" - a prohibited transaction under 4975(c)(1)(c)?

This is a short term credit facility usually not longer than 6 to 10 months.

My wife and I do not have children and she works in O&G upstream for an oil major, so most of our earnings go to purchasing houses.