I agree exactly why I hopped on hear.

It's going to be more about your confidence in the market that you can afford than anything else, so the primary thing is to look up a few areas you might be able to afford and then look for someone local that can hop on a call to give you an idea about what investing there is like. 

Great tools that get updated regularly.I am on the lending side of things and would be happy to hop on a call with you anytime to discuss financial strategies and help answer any questions you may have about nearly any loan product available to help you on your journey, even if they are not products my capital partners offer.We are all here to help you learn and grow.

His own mom called him "crazy" for giving her 25K on mother's day, and to avoid taxes said it was all cash, when the IRS only allows 16K tax free.

I keep hopping around from Florida to Nashville to North Carolina, maybe Ohio for the lower price point when I was considering buying more than arbitrage.  

I'm not sure if we can like to articles on our own websites here, so to be safe I'll just suggest the IRS web page, which does do a pretty good job of explaining the basics: https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510The main thing to know if you're going to claim business miles is that you do need to keep a log of every business trip. 

To answer your question condos are better if they allow it but if you want to hop right in it with less risk I would go for a house or multi family deal.

Actually the IRS does not tell us what we can invest in, only what is disallowed (life insurance contracts and collectibles).Allowable investments for SDIRA investing include the following:Residential real estate, including: apartments, single family homes, and duplexesCommercial real estate Undeveloped or raw landREITs (Real Estate Investment Trusts)Real estate notes (mortgages and deeds of trusts)Promissory notes Private limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and C corporationsTax lien certificatesOil and gas investmentsPrivate stock offerings, private placementsJudgments/structured settlementsGold bullion Factoring investments

You already register with the IRS when you get an EIN, or have payroll, etc.

Apparently the scope of activities / investments that had this "bonus" increased.Perhaps it will be of interest to you: - Title "RESIDENTES NÃO-HABITUAIS Desconto no IRS alargado a pilotos, trabalhadores do turismo, construção e agricultura" - https://leitor.expresso.pt/semanario/semanario2436...Regards, Rui