@Eva Salas, thanks for the input, now I have heard it both ways, this was advice from another party not affiliated through here, but I guess it is gonna come down to the perspective of the owners of how they view it.  

Are you affiliated with Roofstock in any way?

I do business & life coaching, affiliate marketing, looking for a camper to flip to get into Outdoorsy for next year in New England & always investing in real estate (LTR + STR)

Some of his advice, like buying high cost, actively managed mutual funds from his endorsed local providers who are paying him affiliate commissions for every lead they get from him, are terrible ideas.  

I'd say there are no issues on this end, unless you want to have a foreign affiliate entity that is consolidated with the domestic entities.

I suggest them to you because this firm is affiliated with KKOS Lawyers, a law firm that Kohler is also a partner in, and Mat Sorensen, another partner at the law firm, literally wrote the Self Directed IRA handbook. 

Checkout Zen Business for an easy and affordable site to create an LLC (not affiliated) 

It's very difficult to have an intelligent conversation with people that can't comprehend and apply simple terms.

We live in New Mexico and are nearing becoming real estate agents where we have affiliated with Keller Williams in Albuquerque.  

Also, if you are an agent, you can work for or become affiliated with a broker.