Statement fro the National Association of Realtors: “NAR launched an all-hands advocacy effort on this issue, meeting with VA officials, engaging with lawmakers and rallying our industry partners to ensure this prohibition was lifted,” Shannon McGahn, the chief advocacy officer at NAR, said in a statement.

Invest in Real Assets: Use the money in your self-directed account to invest into real estate or other tangible assets such as gold and silverThere are some rules to follow, like avoiding prohibited transactions and ensuring that your assets are held by the custodian.

Pregnancy is covered under Fair Housing laws (familial status), so not renting to her (or treating her differently) because of her pregnancy would definitely be prohibited. 

If your lease agreement doesn't prohibit driving too fast in the residential area of the unit, you need to have a landlord attorney in your state look at the lease you're using, because driving too fast in a residential area may be a civil or criminal infraction or may even rise to the level of endangering the lives of others (neighbors).

Standard practice and the veriage should prohibit the person from doing any deals directly with the parties you are in negotiation with. 

In states where "source of income" is a prohibited discriminatory factor it would be illegal to only show voucher holders the rental. 

Since loans are considered securities, most states require a security exemption, which can be prohibitively expensive.At least one state, California, automatically grants licensed CA real estate brokers an exemption without requiring them to go through the expensive registration process.  

I'm curious if Cancun will be prohibitive to the smaller investors that would be on the fringe of going to a state-side BPCON?

@Zehua Zhou,The IRA account owner is prohibited from guaranteeing the loan to an IRA. 

I hear what you're saying and you make a lot of good points.Expensive out of pocket reno costs can make a prohibitive investment, for sure.