Got some money in my hands.

But they can't come to part with it and don't really trust handing it off to some PM to run it for STR that doesn't have "skin in the game". 

On the other hand, if you sell the Stockton home now, you’ll be mortgage-free sooner on the Sacramento property and can start saving or reinvesting more aggressively.If I were in your shoes (and as someone who’s seen the ups and downs of California real estate for over two decades), I’d lean towards keeping the Stockton property.

Putting properties into your IRA means you have to be "passive" meaning you can't be hands on with the properties anymore. 4.

Do you want to be involved or mostly hands off.   

By the next morning, Dylan was at the property, contract in hand, securing what would turn into a $40,000-$50,000 assignment fee.

The owner has not been very hands on since they moved out.

Current market is in a slide and nobody will take it off his hands.

Others require a more hands-on approach.

These allow you to continue growing your real estate exposure passively without the hands-on management required for direct ownership.