And usually the first stop on the search is Sacramento, just a mere two hours away near the top of the state’s Central Valley.But besides the astronomical housing prices, there’s one other thing that Bay Area investors are looking to escape in looking for greener pastures… rent control.If you’ve been asleep at the wheel, you might have missed the news that the state of California will have a measure on November’s ballot to repeal the Costa Hawkins law passed in 1995 the prohibits local communities from enacting rent control policies.COSTA HAWKINS LAW QUICK OVERVIEWNo Rent Control on Single Family HomesNo Rent Control On Properties Built After February 1st, 1995Allows Landlords To Raise Rents With New Tenantshttp://www.kcra.com/article/ca-ballot-measure-aims-to-help-cities-like-sacramento-with-rent-control/21756945*** One tenant in the video says she’s living in an 813 sq ft dump off Fruitridge and paying $1,400/mo in rent.

It’s possible (not specifically prohibited) more likely if you are licensed.

Let me switch gears a bit then and present a different scenario: If adding an additional unit is out of the question/or becomes a prohibitively long and expensive process, how would you move forward and try and build equity/cashflow?

But it's not protected under the Federal Fair Housing Act.Here's a link to what's protected under the Federal Fair Housing Act:RaceColorNational OriginReligionSexFamilial StatusDisability   Even apartments.com's own Terms of Service don't seem to prohibit what you posted (again, as long as you didn't reference source of income):Compliance with Fair Housing LawsAll Content is subject to federal fair housing laws, which make it illegal to indicate in any advertisement any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, physical or mental disability, and/or familial status.

@Dylan Mathias You can move your money into SDIRA, but first learn about the prohibited transactions and the implications of UDFI and UBIT.

As others have mentioned, there are prohibited transaction rules that are important to understand.

Can you first establish what's prohibiting you from having the "money down"?

My main lease prohibits washer/dryers in the units unless we give written permission (which would be the addendum).Here's what mine looks like:THIS ADDENDUM IS HEREBY MADE A PART OF THAT CERTAIN LEASE AGREEMENT EXECUTED ON _______________ BETWEEN _______________________ (“Tenant”) AND ______________________ (“Landlord”) Rental Unit Address:This agreement serves as consent from the Landlord to permit Tenant(s) to attach and use a clothes washer and/or dryer within the aforementioned rental unit under the following conditions:Any damage to the Premises caused by water originating from the washer and/or its connecting hoses will repaired by the Landlord at the undersigned Tenant(s) expense.Tenant agrees to regularly maintain and clean lint/debris from the dryer unit itself as well as attached ducting.

@Stephen MenkeYou absolutely may not do this.IRS rules for IRA plans prohibit any kind of self-dealing.   

Let's also say together we purchase a multifamily @ $1,000,000   I understand the prohibited parties issue.1) If we (myself and the SDIRA) were going to put 20% down...does that have to be in equal amounts meaning 10% from me and 10% from SDIRA and everything is split 50 / 50 or can you still have normal deal partnership flexibility...so something like the SDIRA puts in the entire 20%, owns 50% of the property but gets a "preferred return", etc.2) Perhaps the bigger question is financing, I know there is SDIRA financing that is non recourse but that is typically for 50% LTC.