We work hard and know our reputation is everything and a little transparency never hurts any company!  

You will have to pay all the usual expenses associated with buying a property: transfer taxes, government fees, title company/attorney costs, as well as a "hammer fee" which goes to the auction house.In theory yes, you could win something for a few thousand dollars.

Foundation issues are not end all be all, there are some great foundation repair companies.

She is moving out and next management company sent me a questionnaire and one asked "Did they have any animals on your property?

And the cost of legal defense , even if successful, will drive the company out of business.   

Quote from @Aaron Wolman: I would call the companies (gas/water/electric) to get estimates, or an estimator out there.

Question is, is the person you are dealing with a correspondent broker who brings them deals to fund or someone from their company.

Now he has sold the company and is more of a flat rate charge based loosely on how long it takes him to prepare the return.

Of course it is very important to do proper due diligence on the investment and the operator.As far as self-directed IRA there are number of companies offering such service, this topic has been discussed here on the forum many times so you should search using this keyword and learn from those discussions.

It's an amazing market here with so much incoming growth due to population growth, job growth, and companies moving/developing here!