I never buy into these just watch and learn that is it.

@Phillip Austin someone who obviously should not rent but buy themselves a brand new house. what was their previous place?  

Flip side, for a third of that you are trained to find properties using creative finance taking over existing low interest loans that cash flow and you are buying in decent neighborhoods with every day lunch box Joes that have kids and go to work and pay rent on time. 

My Wife and I are going to pull the trigger in 2025 and are looking in the Central PA area to buy our first STR.

If you are buying to live in, you could also do FHA with a cosigner.

I was just looking to turbo charge that a bit because as we know property values have gone up and buy and hold in a SDIRA just moves to slow even if you can max your SEP. 

Buyers don’t care if you shelled out more on the rehab, if you’re priced too high, you’ll end up sitting on the market way longer than you want, driving up holding costs.Lastly if your buying on market, REO or Corporate sellers are dominating and not as willing to negotiate as owners would.

I live in Glastonbury and many of my clients are buying and selling in East Hartford and the surrounding areas.

What else would you do with the cash if not buying another investment property?

As much as I want to drive around I am an out of state investor looking at buy and hold MF.