The industry calls it "swap til you drop!"

I've been reading a lot about purchasing RE with self-directed IRAs. This topic intrigues me, but I'm concerned about all of the restrictions, particularly regarding prohibited transactions and disqualified person...

Thanks for the eye opening idea, the new house is next to my son's school, so I have not thought about renting the existing home and swap later.

I am in Arizona as well, maybe we can connect sometime in person and swap knowledge.

I've had hundreds of clients own notes personally or with their IRA and never come out of pocket a dime if the borrower stops making payments - we've just swapped them to a performing note.  

For instance, if you have enough cash, maybe you buy grandma's new place and swap.  

If for some reason, you experience another problem, I am going to swap out the wall outlet with a new one.Please accept my apology for the email that I sent to you last night.

In Dec 2015 I closed a 500K loan with 8 Milwaukee properties....Stated income for a new LLC..through them.I am now placing another such portfolio of 13 properties in Dekalb and Decatur counties (Decatur and Atlanta) and these are my findings....B2R is no longer the cheapest as they price off the 10 year swap rate...so you will end up at about 7.75 - 8.5%.

If your concerns are that TLC will not be redeemed and you do not wish to become the proud owner, then that's another matter. if your concern is to leverage limited funds, consider creating and swapping options on equity.

The first hardwood I swapped out was when i first bought in 07.