Or, simply team up up with someone in a Joint Venture until you are able to self fund.

@O'Neil....if u dont mind sharing knowledge...what was your strategy on acquiring your 7 units

This is very easy case for the IRS to declare such joint investment to be a "prohibited transaction".If IRS determines that your IRA engaged in a prohibited transaction the penalties can be up to 100% of the IRA value.

What route do you think makes more sense to bring together private capital for flips?Would a simple JVA would suffice at this early point or SEC regulations would make this more complicated, and expensive?

Some of my research led me to believe that perhaps the joint purchase by a married couple (tax entity A) would disqualify me from the exchange, because the new purchase would be solely in my name (potentially tax entity B).2.

Some folks will tell u if you don’t have enough money don’t waist others time...  

@JD Martin@Russell Brazil  I suspect their real estate agents if they even had one are the one's U point fingers at.. they should be watching time lines.if its buy without an agent you have NO ONE to blame but yourself..

You have to convince  U/W with paper trail your income is going higher in current year.

Does anyone have experience or advice about offering to do a flip as a joint venture with a seller of a SFR?

Brian,If you are in the philly or pittsburgh area -- i dont mind working with u and hand holding.