Jason, Transactional agents don't have a fudicary responsibility to either party they are simply acting to facilitate the transaction and must have a transactional agent contract with disclosures with both parties.

There are many, many companies on the Internet who promote their services for self-directed investors:  some are regulated custodians; others are administrators who must identify their custodian; yet others are "facilitators" helping investors set up certain structures prior to making a self-directed investment.6.  

I believe I forgot to pose that question to the plan facilitators I have already contacted (I have not purchased the product yet), and while I know I can call them up again, I have already taken enough of their time for "free" and don't want to take any of their weekend time for business. 

Review fee schedules carefully – there may be separate charges for whatever 3rd party custodian they are using.The third company type is a Facilitator.

 " Facilitator" ( IRA Advantage  in Portland,OR)  which a helped us with -EIN Number Operating Agreement ( Multistate ie. we may invest in any state & real estate endevaor's( Notes, SFH,RE Options,ect ) Transfer of IRA Assets from Mutual Funds ,ectB.

You sound like you're probably headed for deep and shark infested waters on an air mattress, (LOL).Land contracts are pretty well dead in the water, two issues, one is with the new laws pertaining to seller financed transactions, if you pass a lending contract on to a buyer you're facilitating a loan assumption and doing so as a business may have consequences.

I have in the past been told to set up separate accounts for each property to facilitate moving to a series LLC...which I have not done.I recently took a QuickBooks class and I don't think I'm there yet.

Dodd) that requires that a licnesed broker be involved and facilitate the transaction on any owner carried notes generated (however, I do not believe that includes the generation of a note from the home owner borrowing from the lender - only the home owner who becomes the lender and sells to the buyer with the note carry-back).I have done many deeds of trust securing a loan from a private investor as the borrower and none of which was publically advertised or violated any of those SEC rules, all of which are from people I have formed a relationship with, and all of which were not "pooled funds", just one investor gets one deed of trust (and in some cases, a second investor with a second position deed of trust.

This will facilitate early retirement.I am in mid 20's, and have 160k salary.

Many are listed on trading platforms that facilitate private sales/purchases.