Rates are typically higher than a traditional cash out refinance, however at least you are not getting the full loan amount + you have the flexibility to draw/tap in the money whenever needed.

I have also helped a variety of both local and OOS investors buy in the metro using owner occupant and traditional investor financing.

The process is pretty simple, but it does involve extra steps compared to a traditional rental.

So if you are buying a property the traditional way, using an agent, you won't usually get answers when it comes to the condition.

Some use them as rentals.the biggest reason for doing things this way is a traditional bank won’t loan on  property that won’t appraise at their desired price.

traditional Lessons learned?

You can make SFR work but extremely tough in traditional sense.

Few people have no clue what is or how it works, I was just reading today that the cannabis growers that will be trading BILLIONS of dollars in CA, cannot deposit those funds in traditional banks, therefore; many will be using Bitcoins and other digital currency. 

I didn't know if it was easy to close a SDIRA and roll it back over to a traditional or not if my investment pipeline runs dry.Thanks

If they are going traditional then they most likely need to put in their personal name anyways.