I've learned a huge amount from these forums; thanks for all the good info everybody has contributed!

I also wanted to say thank you to everyone who has contributed his or her first hand experience and made this forum into what it is today.

Thanks for contributing!

How else are you going to become a millionaire or multi-millionaire, contributing to 401k? 

I hope to contribute to anyone starting in real estate as well as those already successful.

I've learned a lot here but never contributed and I wanted to participate and contribute. 

and begin building my network/portfolio and contribute to the local community. 

Limited monthly cash flow, but maintain good rate of principle reduction at 15K and say appreciation of property at 2% a year.Shortly after joining the Army I was interested in using both retirement accounts (couldn't contribute to TSP then) and real estate to prepare for the future. 

So, if your Self Directed IRA is 75% partner with another entity, then it must collect 75% of the profit (rental income, sold gains, etc), it must also contribute 75% of the expenses (rehab, insurance, taxes, etc).I am not sure about loaning to a partner. 

He told me that we can't do that and that it is a partnership.In looking at the IRS definitions it states:PartnershipA partnership is the relationship between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business, with each person contributing money, property, labor, or skill and each expecting to share in the profits and losses of the business whether or not a formal partnership agreement is made.The term "partnership" includes a limited partnership, syndicate, group, pool, joint venture, or other unincorporated organization, through or by which any business, financial operation, or venture is carried on, that is not, within the meaning of the regulations under section 7701, a corporation, trust, estate, or sole proprietorship.A joint undertaking merely to share expenses is not a partnership.