Or I'm missing something - followed threads about the conversation from different folk, though.I wanted to get to visit Niagara Falls - Canada side for the week of Christmas to New Year and been looking at the hotels.

When I did open my SDIRA back when, I had done a lot of research but I guess I missed the understanding or knowledge of banks also having SDIRAs.

I think by waiting to last minute to put things together you miss items and year end tax planning becomes problematic.

But since I'm young (24) and really new to this, I want to make sure I'm not missing anything glaring.

Both miss a whole lot of logic that needs to be there in order to represent the full scope of the picture.

I did what I felt was good amount of due diligence, but in hindsight I missed some deeper layers of analysis. 

I would not give them their deposit back because they missed a month, which turned into two, which turned into an eviction, which turned into them moving in their family and so on.

@Pat Aboukhalen was the agent there sorting it all out for him there after his previous agent missed it - so if you don' already have an investor-friendly agent there that's who I would use. 

I missed out on Colorado Springs and probably Reno.

OR I am missing something.