Hello, everyone!I have a few cost estimate questions. I know it's hard to accurately estimate w/out seeing the house. I'm just curious about, in the ballpark, how much these will cost with basic stuff. 1. In Atlanta a...

He is a great talker so I naively trusted him.

I agree that a lot of agents don't understand investing.

Many people choose NOT to have this, because the administrator will then vet every investment you make to ensure you do not invalidate your IRA.Invalidating your IRA means that you've done a prohibited transaction and the entire account is then deemed as distributed to you.If you don't want checkbook control, then I recommend a plan administrator such as Equity Trust - www.trustetc.comIf you are sure that you're aware of all the rules around prohibited transactions and disqualified people (who you can and can't do business with), then a plan administrator like Sense Financial would be a good place to start talking.  

Super fired up to join the community and begin my section 8 BRRRR journey! I’m looking currently in the Birmingham/Montgomery market, any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated 

I probably wouldnt trust it 100% with that though unless I input all of the data that I have from my analysis in terms of ARV, rental rates, rehab rates, etc. now that I type it out, that actually would be a good idea aha. 

Every day I receive calls from out of state investors who paid far too much for their property in my opinion and it always is because they trusted others too much instead of performing their own research.

I say this as I would caution you to allow anyone access to your books who you do not trust 100% or a CPA. 

My desire remains the same as it did when I joined, to try and build something with a partner that I can trust to improve the lives of my loved ones.

He is a great talker so I naively trusted him.