Gaining clients from your interactions should be a secondary goal. 

When investing in high cash-flow markets, I always recommend working with an investor friendly agent so you're able to gain the right insight on the different areas and the risks involved.

I’m here to connect with like-minded individuals, gain insights from others, and contribute value wherever I can in the real estate field.

Quote from @Shaun Ortiz: Hi Jason,Thanks for sharing your journey—it sounds like you’ve gained some invaluable insights from your experiences, even with the squirrel tenants (that’s definitely a story!).

If the market is strong, holding could lead to future gains, especially with depreciation deductions offsetting rental income.

You wont pay capital gains when you sell the house as long as it is in the SDIRA but you will have to pay normal income tax when you withdraw cash from the SDIRA after retirement but would you rather pay income tax on $90K or $300K?

US, UK, Australia and other parts of the world are more for "traditional" investing in real estate for capital gain.

@Damien Davis you'll make less on the initial projects but the experience you'll gain will be completely worth it.

No but keep track of those repairs as it will add to your cost basis when you go to sell it and have to pay capital gains.

With everything paid off, they’re looking to slow down but are hesitant to sell due to capital gains considerations.Purchase Price: $1,750,000.00Downpayment: $400,000.00 - Will do a 1031 - Selling two of my SF properties for the downpayment (bought for 120k + 146k back in 2017 & 2015).