There are a lot of rules to be aware of, but I'm a big Self-Directed IRA fan. 

I'm curious as to why VG Jason wasn't a fan.

The issue that I'm facing now is whether I want to pull it out against one of my rentals or on my primary.I have found a bank that will allow me to borrow as a second lien on rentals but their rates are higher than what I could get when just doing it against my primary.What I'm most worried about is what happens in a worst case scenario, should something drastic happen in the market.From what I understand, using the money against a rental doesn't necessarily provide much more of a safety blanket in case things hit the fan because if, somehow, the HELOC lender can't recover their money, you'll get sued anyways.

The agent has been communicative the whole time (something that I can say about 5% of agents in my limited experience) so I'm a fan!

I'm not a huge fan of virtual staging personally, I prefer actual physical staging. 

I was the biggest fan of mint.

Again, all I have to do is download my bill into a folder, and the rest is taken care of.I'm not a fan of paying utility bills because they eat into your cash flow, and the tenant may not be as "resourceful" with their usage if they aren't getting hit by it.

I am a big fan of bnbcalculator and rabbu for quick analysis and screening of properties 

@Brian Burke I'm not a big fan of pref equity in the first place, as common equity investors often aren't compensated for the additional risk.

I"m a big fan of Xero as an alternative QuickBooks for rentals mainly due to much lower cost and still having a robust accounting software.