Using SDIRA's you have to get second tier financing options because its more risk for the bank, for example, a Roth IRA can buy real estate on leverage, however, will need a non-recourse loan which is often a fraction high-interest rate and lower LTV.

Find small towns out of suburbia, where prices are a fraction of the coastal areas. there are many towns where you can find good deals for way  under 100k.

Heck, most of them study a fraction of the trade, then start marketing.

These are called fractionalized mortgages and in some states they are legal in some states they are not.

The difference between first place and third place can a fraction of a second in a swim race, just like REI can be very competitive and it doesn't take much to separate the successful from the unsuccessful.6.

It will give you the wood steps at a fraction of the cost of treads and save a bunch of time trying to make your own treads. 

I take that $10K piece of my mortgage and put it on the HELOC and then through my natural "income in / bills out" banking, it's paid down in 6-10 months and a fraction of the interest, maybe $1000.

But isn't that a small fraction of investors?  

All you need is a fraction of that to cover the downpayment and closing costs

Why save up for a down payment and own a property yourself when you can take your scratch-off money and become a fractional owner, with all the rights & benefits thereof?