An IRA account held by a custodian is good for static assets that do not require a lot of transactions or anything of a time-sensitive nature. 

Those are just things you have to brush aside.Once you properly handle this situation, and get the stress of potentially losing a good tenant out of the way (and get someone who's not frequently causing trouble in); you will feel 100x better!

SInce this property is not owner occupied, you need to brush up on the SAFE Act as well to do an installment deal.

And unless they/you can why that event will impact re prices, there's no information to act on.Fight recency bias.Personal suggestion (from someone who's putting plenty of new $$ in play locally, FWIW): Very broad brush, but if you're going to house hack one of those duplexes in that price range right now, make sure it could generate at least $3800/m in income ... total. 

Doesn't matter if I'm in the car, while brushing my teeth, and when I'm walking down the street I always take the opportunity to get in the real estate headspace.

Never invest in any location with a static or declining population Wikipedia✅ Low operating costsIt's not about how much you gross; it's about how much you net.

IE the value of the standing timber goes up 12 to 14% in a static market if the log prices rise this can get into the 20% range.. also you have ZERO to do .. we hunted on ours rode our quads shot our guns.. cut our Christmas trees and generally just enjoyed it.. never touched it..

What will be the best fit for your needs is the question.For relatively singular and static investments such as crowd funds or syndicated real estate partnerships, a self-directed IRA custodian can be a good route. 

You need to either brush up on the legal way to evict a squatter or to contact a local attorney who handles evictions. 

I am launching a service for landlords and need help prioritizing our launch markets.We believe the service will be best suited for landlords of SFR closing followed by smaller multiplexes.Does anybody know where to get market statics by dwelling type and market?