Also, it's funny you call my comment "rude" yet there's a guy calling all people of a particular profession Scum bags, explain your logic.. 

Where most have swallowed a bag of horsefeathers is that now, we have a system of doing something with little money, no credit, no borrowing required, and very little knowledge of real estate.

He goes a little overboard for what most investors would need, but I dont know anyone teaching them that knows more.Saying all that, I wouldn't worry about doing a trust on your first deal, lots more important stuff to learn before you open that bag.

You always run the risk of running afoul of a "prohibited transaction", you have to maintain % contribution into perpetuity.....Again not to say you can't partner with your IRA, and I would probably do it again...just make sure the juice is worth the squeeze on it because it's a whole nother bag of worms to deal with.

Another small one is to have most of what you need in a small locked storage so you can fly in with a small bag.

STR is not your bag, if you want to manage your properties as passive income.

You think they can't fool these with a bag of ice or hot water hung over the thermostat?

Money Bags by the short hairs.

We ask our guests to:- Bag and take out trash to bins outside- Load dishwasher and start before leaving- Put all bath linens (towels, not sheets) in a pile in the bathtub. 

No travel, restrictions on STR units left arbitrage people holding the bag.