But consumers all are on the site for free where real estate agents are constantly hawked to buy leads or participate in what is now a 35-40% referral business for unvetted leads who think they are contacting the listing agent.Their business model has always been flawed.

Then the prices lower towards the date and you end up booking at a low price or worse just being vacant.I think manually pricing your STR'S is a much better approach.So many people are looking for the next cool software app to buy a subscription to.

How many people hours at what pay, plus cost of buying lists, plus skip tracing, plus phone/texting charges, plus office overhead and so on and so on.Noobs think texting is cheap to free ;-) 

It seems like there are so many limitations to buying real estate with self-directed IRAs. 

Investment Info:Large multi-family (5+ units) buy & hold investment.

You'll still need enough income and DTI ratio to buy another property in a couple years even with this rental income.

Start by reaching out to an architect or engineer—they’ll guide you through everything from zoning checks to permits and inspections.hope this helps!

Even if you take the $250,000 the realtor mentioned it would sell for as your basis that would mean you're looking at an $80k gain: 380,000 - (250,000 + 50,000 improvements) = 80,000Since you want to buy a nicer home for your mom, a 1031 exchange may not be applicable if the new property is intended for personal use, as 1031 exchanges are for investment or business properties only.

@Joshua ParsonsI've been dipping my toes into the whole "buy a house for $1" thing that Italy is doing.

Can you share some additional numbers about the investment property you're looking to buy?