The best approach to do it correctly is to systematize everything.And in that respect, it makes sense to use the same template.You can adjust that template as you go along.There is no point reinventing the wheel.Which is what effective flippers do. 

(I plan to keep all deposits, and operating funds separate from my personal accounts and in their own respective accounts.)When setting up new bank accounts, is there a benefit to using a bank local to the market you're investing in? 

I keep all my SFR under one LLC, therefore keep one checking account for that respective LLC's. 

I have access to private money but prior to tapping it I want to fully understand how to go about this in a way that is respectful to my friends,  simple and organized.1)  The house I'm looking at is $560,000 ;   With my credit score being a mess, should I just borrow the 20% down payment ($112,000) ?

With respect to paying for expenses in connection with real estate owned by the IRA, not only do these expenses need to be paid with funds from the self-directed IRA,  existing assets that you personally own or through your business or a business of a disqualified party cannot be sold to the IRA to improve the property.

I still have a lot of respect for the folks locally at US Bank but what you describe sounds spot on.  

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You will gain respect, contacts you would never have access to and a behind the curtain view that no paid guru will offer.  

Opportunity Zones can be used to minimize tax payments or even reduce to zero.Opportunity Zones were created under the TCJA to; Allow U.S. investors to defer all 2018 capital gains for eight years if the profits are reinvested and held in an Opportunity ZoneLower the amount of capital gains taxes resulting from the sale of a capital asset by 10% or 15% if the proceeds therefrom are held for five or seven years, respectively, in an Opportunity Zone project.Provide for a full exemption from capital gains taxes on all future capital gains on the invested funds if an investment is held for ten years following investment.

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