going to commercial financing on 5 units will significantly hurt your valuation.  

possible big upside for the current SAFE agreement holders.Brentwood.com is a current investor in Lazy Dogs LLC and wants to take it public in a few years. options usually are good for 10 years and at a current Valuation IPOs can go !

Regarding risk, go to your local real estate investment association, tell everyone you are new at investing and want to borrow down payment money for your first flip.

Great reason for not pulling deductions forward.I have been retired from a W2 job for some time and my income is at an all time high and will just keep going up with more RE investments. 

Nouveau Riche is the same even though I don’t think it is a true pyramid (not too sure though) they get you interested by advertising “RE investor looking for apprentice: 20,000.00†If you take the ad at face value one would be led to believe the “investor†was going to pay you a salary to help him with his business and teach you the ropes.

All rents you get from this property has to go back into the SDIRA but if you get a 20 year mortgage (that the rent can cover) and can pay the rental off by age 65 you will have turned that $90K into several hundred thousand’s of paid off real estate.

As agents we will always ask the sellers to pay for our commissions so it doesn't come from our buyer clients3.You should have signed a buyers representation with your agent and that should have determined what % your agent is going to be paid. 2%, 2.5%, 3%.

For payments, tools like Stripe, PayPal, or booking software like OwnerRez work well.Happy to connect if you’d like to chat more or need additional tips!

I submitted an application etc but I am going to finish the rehab to get better terms before resubmitting.The back story is that I am about 90% done rehabbing a home for a rental. 

And then go back to the broker/lender once you are serious or have it under contract about the deal for exact rates and terms