Always awesome to be able to pick someone with te same vision only senior in the adventure!

It was like this dream/vision that I had, that I sometimes thought was a long shot was confirmed to be a great idea because a lot of other people was doing it and they were very successful.

I really enjoy the interactions the most, and have a vision of the years to come.

@Jay Hinrichs I put blinders on that blocked my vision of Lake County for the last eight years.

I tend to have grand visions, and I suppose my time will come someday, but I just get so impatient when I see big developers come in and do something I had thought would be a good investment a couple years prior.For instance, there is an old warehouse the city has been trying to sell for quite some time and theyve been trying to promote it as a business headquarters like it used to be...however I thought over the past couple years it would be better as apartments and lofts with ammenities that appeal to younger professionals.  

Before that we only thought locally, but seeing the how monetary policy shaped real estate and affected our personal bottom line the way it did, I'm raising my vision to keep an eye on larger forces.

You could also reinvest the extra cash flow and buy more property to get to your vision of a community sooner. 

So I just set up a self directed IRA account and have visions of someday purchasing a rental property for cash flow, which would be purchased  by my IRA, what I want to know is, say I want to live in the property once its paid for by the renter, how am I able to take the property out of my IRA so I wont be prohibited by my IRA?

Expanding on the @Shaun Reilly  post, in NC you can provide some peripheral real estate services (but not the actual leasing) and not need a broker's license.

At 28, keep that vision clear in your mind every day and remember there are a million ways to get there.Good luck!