The sale and acquisition closing benefits are real and material.  

Quote from @Daniel Saravia: anybody here had bought real estate using self directed IRA?

There are plenty of varying job opportunities in the real estate industry.Ask yourself: What skills do you have?

And you are saying agents, the ones trained to do real estate are messing up the deal, and not you?

Owning real estate is not passive.

It's time to take another look at them.Does anyone have any real-world experience with the affiliation/commission side of it? 

Having a long-term rental while living abroad is do-able.Flipping houses while abroad, in my opinion, more difficult, especially if its your first go around with real estate.I would recommend taking a flight and staying in the area for a week and inspect the neighborhoods and make connections.You can reach out to @Elenis Camargo who has a PM company in Jacksonville.Best of luck though.

Looking to obtain a real estate salesperson license in CT.

Don't conflate the one-off thing with Gamestop with what real investors with real money have on their radar.

My real estate agent thinks I'll only get 1.1 million for my home but due to a few factors I think it should be more. 1.