What's the point in trying to invest remotely in markets where the numbers aren't THAT different and you have to rely on the honesty and kindness of strangers? 

I will see if the water company has a way to put some kind of alert in place, to notify me of a future excessive water usage.

What kind of daily tasks would you most like to automate?

I doubt your stocks have that kind if dividend yield. 

If he does kind of what I would like to do, would be a great first contact!

They are kind of a pain because they take so long and require so much documentation but the only closing cost I have is the appraisal.  

Once you rehab it and maybe put $50k of "sweat equity into it", it would be worth $200k, but they would sell it to you for $150k seller financing after the down payment.So, on the surface it sounds great because you aren't coming out of pocket, but in reality if you have the means to close the deal in cash or with any kind of financing like a hard money loan you would likely be better off. 

Thanks for the kind words.  

Hi everyone,I'm getting conflicting information from supposedly knowledgeable sources on this, so I wondered if anyone has been down this road and can direct me to a reliable info source.I'm taking in-kind distributions from a SDIRA which is all in just one SF home.

@Janelle Eagle-Robles Thank you so much for those kind words.