I overcome that objection, set the appointment, and then subsequently get the contract signed on a State Contract.   

Investors who want the real estate should read this, also, because sometimes their plans go astray and an owner redeems.In Alabama, someone who wishes to redeem their property from a tax sale must pay 12% per year interest on the taxes due at time of sale plus all subsequent years' taxes and interest. 

Here are the things I will work ON: (I will explain each one in subsequent posts under this forum thread)1.

As someone who has owned real estate, stocks and businesses, all I can say is that the analogy used in the original post is flawed, and therefore all subsequent discussions referring back to that analogy are flawed.Owning a non-controlling share of a company (i.e., typical stock ownership) is not analogous to real estate investing. 

How much are you planning on increasing it in subsequent years?

But, I subsequently obtained a HELOC within $1000 of my original mortgage loan.  

Deals like these include wholesaling lease options (lease option assignments), sandwich lease options (which I hate), buying homes sub2 and subsequently selling those homes to retail buyers using: mortgage assignments, land sales contracts, deed installments/installment sales, and mortgage wraps.Hence, you're wrong.

I understand being able to buy the subsequent liens and get 18%, but I really don't understand paying 4-5x of a premium and being able to make an adquate return?!

I believe any problem that presents in life is a simple stand-in for deeper issues - issues that are often so enmeshed into one's own personality that their (eventual) resolution (aka transformation) requires a disintegration of self (literally, a dis-integration), and a subsequent rebuilding of the self.

Therefore, if the property is initially purchased by the SDIRA or with personal funds (one or the other), subsequent investment would have to be from the original investor.