@Andrey Y.I may have misunderstood your post that appears to be directed at me so i will see if I have the correct interpretation...."

And I think @Robert Adams is being misunderstood here, but my issue and I think the bigger issue is the manipulation to the homeowner of theirproperty value.  

However, a few tax advisers (some famous, like Gary Sutton) consider purchasing real estate properties (a tax advantaged asset) within a SDIRA (a tax advantaged account) a bad proposition, on the idea the two of them nullify each other and lose the tax advantages (like depreciation).Therefore, I'm looking for people with experience with SDIRA's and using them for real estate investing - is it a good strategy or not?

@Ronald Rohde: Either I was misunderstood or didn't explain myself well enough when I said 'flat concrete roof' - I don't mean a true flat roof, I only meant instead of the curved concrete tiles (used to be clay originally) that characterize the Mediterranean style, which would not be in line with the styles prevalent in Texas, and I meant that possibly they could make roof tiles flat instead of curved, therefore look similar to composition but last much longer. 

I can see how this would be misunderstood. 

I'm thinking make a good article after you're big n famous.  

And during the depression they used these deeds to these lots to induce people to pay to go to the movies.In the northern CA and southern Oregon area they created more in town type lots  Clear lake being a famous one.. about 100,000 lots were created there from 1915 to 1930...

So if I were to use the famous phrase from Godfather, "make them an offer they cannot refuse!"

Work all your life for peanuts and your children immediately sell everything they inherit and live like the rich a famous off your hard work.

As Clint Eastwood is famous for saying ....A man's got to know his limitations.