We believe that inivestors and economy participants of all sorts will feel the impacts of this, but we think there is plenty of time for real estate investors, and little impact for those investing for cash flow and for long-term wealth.

However, be aware that you can not participate or provide any labor in the management of the property.

I am a newbie to Bigger Pockets, participate in the weekly webinars, and listen to the Podcast.

Well, here it is, started by BP no less (bravo) and nobody is participating.

@Jesse Stahl,I find local buyers by attending lots of local REI meetups and participating in local REI Facebook groups. 

That coach/mentor is happy to take your cash, but they are not participating in any deal along with you. 

Where there are multiple owners, if all of the LLC members participate equally in the operation of the business, you can't pay one a salary and not the others.

Regardless who the borrower is, YOUR LLC CAN NOT ORIGINATE THIS LOAN if the lender is your self-directed IRA.Here is a direct link to the rules:https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-prohibited-transactions

Recently I decided to focus on income producing properties and begin participating as an investor.

It isn't helping our cash flow but it is keeping us sane and it does feel like we are participating in solutions instead of adding to problems.