One caveat to this strategy is that you can’t live in a property that your IRA owns, nor can you rent it out to anyone else who may be considered a disqualified person like your spouse or child.Feel free to connect with me and send me a direct message if you want to learn more!

If you aren't going to be living in Texas then it would be tough to do a house hack there.

Unless you have the rentals paid for by the time you retire, they aren't going to be enough to live off of. 

Hey John,I own 12 units in Detroit but currently live in California.

Hello, I live in southeastern Wisconsin and currently have a long-term duplex in Wisconsin.

Hopefully, not an expensive tenant or Fair Housing lawsuit.100% of what @Travis Biziorek states is true, but he left out a key fact - he lived in the Detroit area when he started investing here, so was able to self-manage and meet everyone he had to hire face-to-face.

If I were investing in eastern WA, or where my extended family lives in Pennsylvania, those 100k houses in good condition are a real thing there.  

This is where you live in one side.

I'd recommend house-hacking a duplex or triplex if possible to help limit your living expenses.

When you sign almost all mortgage closing packages, you are signing an Occupancy Clause that states you are intending to live in the home for 12 months.