You then use the LLC to conduct all investment activities and only need the IRA account for reporting and future IRA layer transactions like contributions/distributions to the account. 

I've been advise this is necessary as an additional layer of liability protection, and an important consideration in structuring an asset protection plan.  

Networking is a vital part of working in real estate and this is a wonderful way to do it that i have not been utilizing. 

They add a layer of complication on top of something which can be complicated enough as it is. 

It is vital, as you discussed in a comment earlier, to focus on a particular location, price range, and property type.

I however would don't think you need to go through all of that, a website is not a business it's a marketing tool so u can call it whatever u want and still have all the billing and vital info tagged to your Main business entity.

Your IRA isn't a fund for you to invest and make money off of to live - the IRA is there for your retirement, so all profits and other income go back into the fund for that purpose and that purpose only.There are people who have tried to circumvent this by "hiring" themselves or a family member through any number of layers of legal entities to either rehab the property or manage it after it is a rental.  

You could overlay it with OSB and glue down a layer of rubber roofing.

total labor and materials usually around $4.50-6.00/ft  of the wall space being covered.Several variables:Labor rate - with insurance or without, American vs. non American labor(just a fact)I pay a local brick layer 70 cents per brick and get a very good job.

Gotta disagree big time with this comment.There was a huge energy crash here in Denver in 1978/1979 time frame - before they "re-vitalized" downtown by making 16th Street a pedestrian mall.