All of your profit stayed inside the SDIRA and remained tax deferred there. 

The only time I'd say it's an okay idea is if either: The area you're investing in is expecting so much appreciation that you will easily profit off that (watch out for mortgage interest though...the appreciation needs to be higher than what you pay in that and expenses to make it profitable)You have some specific reason for wanting to do it- family ties, future home, major long-term hold, etc.Maybe I'm forgetting another one, but those two are all I have for now...

I would check with your account to make sure doing this will be profitable for you and your situation.

As you start closing deals, you will need to reinvest your profits into mailing lists and other scalable activities to grow your business.

But secondly, we already build our profits into the deals and we made probably 160k among those 3 properties over a 3 year period of time with very little effort to manage once the tenant buyers were placed into the home.So yes, it is possible to make lease options very beneficial to everyone.YUP timing is important..

and CA will want you to pay tax on the profit associated with the time the predecessor property was in CA.

How much profit do you have in your current house?  

Is it like you sold your house and don’t have to pay for the profit?

I didn’t have much money and needed to find a way to get in the game. 10 years later, I’ve got 29 SFR that profit 19k/month (not including things breaking or vacancies).

Residential property rental: Could this be a scalable and profitable approach, or is it too risky?