Chris is telling you to provide more details.The people on this thread have a combined hundred years of experience, conflicting opinions, and have been real with you.

I'd done some reading in the past and thought a few of the main Canadian banks had such specialty trust divisions that could help you with plan setup.As for finding investments, networking with other investors, real estate agents, etc. is the way to go.Brian, from what I've heard is that CAN banks  make it extremely difficult to setup. 

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

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.

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

Owning real estate is not passive.

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

I'm new to real estate and have recently become interested in wholesaling as a way to get started.

There are conventional strategies and unconventional strategies to get started in real estate. 

I'm a real estate agent and investor in Charleston.