@David DavidsonA self-directed IRA operates the same, whether the IRA itself is SEP, Traditional, Roth, Inherited, etc. 

The 1st story has one tenant, a locally owned and operated clothing store under lease through 2019, that caters to the younger college aged crowd that attend the 2 local colleges.

If so, then from your perspective the transaction is treated as though the LLC distributed all of its assets to the members (including you) in liquidation according to the distribution provisions of the operating agreement, and then you purchased from the other members the assets that would have deemed to have been liquidated to them in this hypothetical liquidation scenario.Of course there are some complexities here (are there any built-in gains?

Cap rate is the Net Operating Income (excluding the cost of money) divided by the Purchase price.In Lower cap rate market you will pay higher price to own a property. lets say 100k income at 10% cap = 1million priceSame income 100k at 6cap market = $1.666million priceWhy THEY have?

@Jeffrey H. ok so here is the numbers from the OM that the broker furnished to me: ESTIMATED LENDER ACQUISITION COST:List price: $1,175,000 ( @ 28 units = $41,964 per site)Buyer requesting Down Payment of 30% = $352,500Projected Lender Financing: $792,500 @ 5% FIXED 30 year AMORT with a 10 year DUEINCOME, EXPENSES & CASH FLOW:Actual 2016 Gross: $212,752Actual 2016 Expenses: $95,915 (45%)Actual 2016 NOI: $116,837Projected Lender Debt Service: $57,494Projected Net Cash Flow: $59,343FINANCIAL INDICATORS:Cap Rate: 9.16%Projected Total Cash Return: 18.96%PROPERTY DETAILS:All age park28 Homesites# of Park Owned Homes: 28 (100%)Occupancy: 100%Utility Reimbursements: NO2016 INCOME AND EXPENSE ANALYSIS:Total Net Rent: $212,752Total Operating Income: 212,752Real Estate Taxes: 4,054Property Insurance: 5,524Utilities ( all lumped into one total, broker and/or seller did not offer it broken down individually ..yet): 30,658 Payroll & Benefits: 26,225Maintenance & Repairs: 2,058Administrative/ Office: $26,668Advertising & Promotion: 728Total Operating Expenses (45%): $95,915--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Net Operating Income: $116,837The screen shot copy of the rent roll excel sheet i am waiting on further explanation from broker in order to determine how to interpret all the acronyms that the seller put in it so i can begin to figure out the rent roll for that month.

@Kurt Jonesok so here is the numbers from the OM that the broker furnished to me: ESTIMATED LENDER ACQUISITION COST:List price: $1,175,000 ( @ 28 units = $41,964 per site)Buyer requesting Down Payment of 30% = $352,500Projected Lender Financing: $792,500 @ 5% FIXED 30 year AMORT with a 10 year DUEINCOME, EXPENSES & CASH FLOW:Actual 2016 Gross: $212,752Actual 2016 Expenses: $95,915 (45%)Actual 2016 NOI: $116,837Projected Lender Debt Service: $57,494Projected Net Cash Flow: $59,343FINANCIAL INDICATORS:Cap Rate: 9.16%Projected Total Cash Return: 18.96%PROPERTY DETAILS:All age park28 Homesites# of Park Owned Homes: 28 (100%)Occupancy: 100%Utility Reimbursements: NO2016 INCOME AND EXPENSE ANALYSIS:Total Net Rent: $212,752Total Operating Income: 212,752Real Estate Taxes: 4,054Property Insurance: 5,524Utilities ( all lumped into one total, broker and/or seller did not offer it broken down individually ..yet): 30,658 Payroll & Benefits: 26,225Maintenance & Repairs: 2,058Administrative/ Office: $26,668Advertising & Promotion: 728Total Operating Expenses (45%): $95,915--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Net Operating Income: $116,837The screen shot copy of the rent roll excel sheet i am waiting on further explanation from broker in order to determine how to interpret all the acronyms that the seller put in it so i can begin to figure out the rent roll for that month.

The 1st story has one tenant, a locally owned and operated clothing store under lease through 2019, that caters to the younger college aged crowd that attend the 2 local colleges.

Although  I have great confidence in the construction side of this investment, we will be looking to get tips and ideas on how to best operate and run the property.  

Is it owning part of a real estate syndication earning a passive return on your money while an experienced operator handles all the day to day operations?

If you maintain the roof over time for instance you write that off in that year instead of having to depreciate the cap expense over so many years (ie 15 year roof or 20 year roof)It's almost always better to load your Repair and Maintenance expenses and do less Cap Improvements.