Hi,I was recently contact by STR Property Partners or per their website S.T.R Properties Inc. in regards to managing my rental property.

Is using a self-direct IRA to fund this venture a way to defer taxes until retirement ?

I have great insurance contacts and it is NOT necessarily expensive like others claim. 

I can help with pointing you in the right direction of some good resources to help you in your investing journey! 

It would be a direct sale with no brokers involved. 

As a major part of my work, I need to research properties, and then skip trace the homeowner to make contact.

while still trying to keep up with the competition Do you rely more on direct-to-seller marketing, networking with agents, leveraging platforms like PropStream and Batch Leads, or just by looking at a lot of deals?

So, I would contact the other owner about the tree's removal.

Trump got significant tax reductions in his first term when essentially all demorats proposed tax increases.Of course, we don't want guess work, but we also don't want to ignore the direction that the tax policy will be headed.

I can help direct you to a few local networking & meetups for investors.