Making money and keeping money are not the same thing. 

I would also purchase the property and not the LLC unless you are a seasoned investor with a good attorney.

21 days after reading this post and taking action, I got my first booking.com guest, but for a stay that will be in May next year.  

I've seen this and it's the blind leading the blind.

If the software is not simplifying your life or making you more accurate, you shouldn't use it.Software does have extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

I'm also on the east side of the state.

Often times you will pay much more in taxes than if you pulled the money out, paid the taxes and penalty and then started investing in real estate.For example, with the financing you mentioned, the IRA must pay taxes on the portion of the profit earned by financing. 

Most can see through that.

Here are a few suggestions on how you can maximize the wealth of information available: Check out the blogs and podcasts, or take advantage of the search feature (magnifying glass).

Basically, you couldn't make it look as through you were selling the real estate.