The key to investing is to have great partners - so if you decide to go with the self-directed IRA, whole life insurance or both - make sure that you have a partner who you know, like and trust that can give you expert advice. 

Also currently it just caters for LTRs.If you can go past the level of detail I would love to hear any feedback from anyone interested, and especially from any Excel gurus, accountants, investors or tax experts out there with a keen eye. 

There are lots of experienced property owners, lenders, real estate agents, attorneys, tax experts and more here so don't be shy to ask questions and I'm sure an expert in that field will be able to help.

This is extremely helpful.

For this dependable brain trust: Please help me in finding a RE lawyer/ expert on easements. 

You might be better with an experienced co-host and Airbnb expert and a handyman with cleaning crew.

Verifying last 2 years of rental history and income extremely important to find the “best of the worst”.Make sure you understand the Class of properties you are looking at and the corresponding results to expect.The City of Detroit has 183 Neighborhoods we’ve analyzed.PM us if you’d like to discuss this logical approach in greater detail!

@Michael BaumThanks Michael, this is extremely helpful.

This is extremely helpful as I look for a property manager in Cleveland, Ohio.

You'd just need to check with the lenders what they allow up to.Having experience (completed rehabs in the last 3-years tends to be what most lenders look to qualify as experience) will help you reduced your down payment all the way down to 0% in some cases for extremely experienced investors.