If you know a cash flow market well, you are set up to succeed there in both ways.

However, nearing retirement, with our past experience in mind, we decided to try it again, this time just rehabbing one house to flip.So, I set up a self-directed IRA so we could use the retirement money we had left after the recession, and bought a foreclosure house that needed a lot work.

All I have is a money market account and though I set up my schwab accounts and vanguard before we moved I never invested a single note into any yet because of my lacking knowledge.

One would be when you have a primary home and its listed on MLS (for sale) and the bank gives you the cash out until the home sells and the loan is set up for 12 to 18 months.

Yes the biggest issue was they grew way too fast and he set up an entire servicing company to handle all of their deals.

Rather than hire a VA, you can set up an automation.  

I’m based in Colorado and have been investing here since early 2021, focusing on strategies like house hacking, rent-by-the-room setups, and flips.

Also, how much does it cost to get set up on this patented software system?

Now, if you have a good Broker and he is set-up at 8 different lenders already and he/she is great at the processing and getting loans closed then I'd say they are worth their point. 

The alternative is to set up a self-directed IRA, or better, a truly self-directed Solo 401k plan, invest in alternative assets, and then do the conversion.