Account Closed: There is no harm in investing from an Inherited IRA by private lending.. assuming you are the one educating the lender, then you do have to be aware that the lenders IRA is an inherited IRA and could be subject to RMD, so make sure to pay the interest on time so that come time to make the required minimum distributions there is adequate cash on hand for the account owner.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

We don’t know any PMCs to recommend in the area mentioned, but since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant, you might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”:https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processesWe recommend you get management contracts from several PMCs and compare the services they cover and, more importantly, what they each DO NOT cover.

Perhaps that was a mistake in hindsight, although I was prepared to counter anyway, so maybe no harm done.

And if it still comes as a surprise to someone, what's the harm?

From my perspective, there is no harm in having a license!

So it’s ok for a perspective tenant to expect a landlord/home owner, tonallow a stranger into their house but not ok for a home owner to ask who they are letting inHmmm I think I will risk losing the people who are afraid of being scammed instead of risking bodily harm or allowing someone to case my home so they can come back later and steal the appliances 

Any thing you say to them about this issue may harm your case so do not discuss this with them any further but ask for the name of their lawyer and phone number to give to your lawyer.

Second hand smoke is ghastly and harmful to the health of others, so consider this if your property is multifamily or close in proximity to another. 

If one is paying the rent, no harm, no foul.