RE is REAL property, not a car, not a pair of shoes, etc...usually most peoples largest investment and often their nest egg.

Since then, we've been saving and adding to the equity nest egg and making bids on homes unsuccessfully in the $1.5M+ range.Do I increase my budget, stretch myself to the max and buy something?

When I took real estate accounting, the professor used Russian nesting dolls to show how it's inter-rated, where one property now turns into three, nested, the original with two boots.

Nesting in the attic.

I was thinking that since the SD IRA was 'nested' in an LLC where there were more investors, that it might fly.  

Buy a home and rent it outChallenge 1: Slower turnaround, at this stage of my life, I would like to build a retirement nest egg faster as I am almost at that stage.So there you have it.

My view is that 401k plans are for growing your nest egg not for having access to funds before retirement.

You are setting yourself up for an amazing nest egg my friend.  

Second, we have a large nest egg that if something went wrong we could survive on savings alone.

I want to protect my personal assets and do what makes the nest business sense.