There are several IRA based vehicles that would not be impacted by the presence of employees and would provide great flexibility for alternative asset investing.

I'd suggest that you work with a list broker to get some list alternatives for your area.

To me it's like trying to figure out what to duck underneath to survive the nuclear blast. 

we did all the heavy lifting no work at all for the investor.. and the returns were very consistent.. and if there was a problem us as the broker jumped in and fixed it for our client.. you can find people like this in your market NO doubt..so my point is why would you risk partner with someone on the internet to buy a note and give them half of your returns.. that I simply don't get.. as an alternative you can go with some funds that are out there  PPR  Mike Hartzog  Ed Malaki they all have funds. that you can join in ready for prime time companies.. 

This gives you 2 units per container.This gives you a great alternative to building a permanent structure.

However when it comes to alternative investments such as real estate you won't be able to do it with just $1,000 (or even $5,000), you'll need a lot more than that.

If the tenants want to give the former tenant a portion of the deposit back, we recommend the new tenant pays the old tenant directly; alternatively, if the new tenant pays us some portion of the deposit, and there wasn't any damages to the house, and the existing tenants agree, we send that same money to the old tenant. 

I first came to BP through looking for ways to build alternative streams of income.

Alternatively, you could put the money in a CD with any bank or credit union. 

I always sign the disclosure alternative for my rental properties that I own and sell.