My husband and I are medically retired and are in the process of setting up our two houses as rental houses for our children to manage and inherit in time.

As he noted, if you call some of the mainstream custodians they will say they allow for self-direction but they mean that in the literal sense of doing what you want with the securities and investment options on their platforms, which are traditional investments like stocks, bonds, ETFs, etc.  

Medical in its administrative capacity may also be a venue.

Helped several clients, specifically physicians this year along with @Jason Wray's medical program acquire STR's and take huge advantage of this. 

The last time we spoke, he texted me that he was having medical issues and asked me for the address of a hospital nearby, which I gave him.

I checked out all the beaches from Sunset to the outer banks and this is what my wife and I surmised: We immediately crossed OBX off our list because it was very far and because of the lack of medical care nearby…you have to think of these things once you have children.

The small caucus that gathered at our inaugural annual conference shared ideas to bring the profession into the mainstream and safeguard its position in the larger finance market.Perhaps the most crucial idea to come out of that conference was the need for a new term to define their vision for the industry and its future: not “hard money” and “hard money lenders” but “private money” and “private lenders.”

Landing a higher rent reliable tenant on the coast can take a little time as it is very transient, but often landlords find quality tenants in young families relocating to the coast, those employed in the medical fields, Coast Guard and State workers relocating to coastal cities.

Furnished finder is the primary source of leads from traveling medical professionals, though there are others like social media pages dedicated to travel nurses, for example.

I'm extremely bullish on the city and can't wait for it to go mainstream.