I appreciate the honesty.

If someone actually was inept at them and told me, I would respect the honesty but would probably put evaluating their deal low on my priority list unless it looked good at a MUCH higher budget then they estimated.So in your case you actually should have some authority and pointing that out should help you.

In my experience, they like cash flow better, but I'm not really sure it matters much to be honest.  I

I'd love to consider the market in the Midwest, however to be honest, I just don't know the areas at all and we felt comfortable 'learning' on our first property in an area we knew well. 

A couple of thoughts about your question- To be honest, I wouldn't expect very rapid capital gains in Japan going forward, certainly nothing like the runup we've seen since 2009-2012 levels (assuming you aren't doing any kind of value add on the property).

17 years is a long time ago and her honesty should be appreciated. 

I want repeat business with who I work with, I was raised hearing in this world you have one thing going for you "Your Good Name, your Integrity and your Honesty".

To be honest, i dont know much about real estate investing other than what i have seen on tv and a couple of books that i have read. 

In all honesty I would hold off till you close and then open the account and run your bookkeeping through that account since that is your business (LLC) account. 

@Brant RichardsonTo be honest I have next to no experiance with Self Directed IRA's, but it is something that a client in Texas was recently looking into for unconventional IRA investments such as real estate and oil interest.