I am a big fan of BP community, specially I have been listening up and down the BP podcasts for a while now, analysing deals and spreading the word of me being in The RE World!

Those IRA custodians that do accept them will most likely require that you appoint a special advisor to oversee the transactions of your IRA-owned single member LLC, to ensure you are not crossing the line and doing prohibited transactions.

And that's what I've read on BP w/ the CPS's who specialize in real estate investing.

Anything special I should know when filing?

I had gotten into the financing side, first in residential and earned my AMB, or "Accredited Mortgage Banker" and then went into Commercial lending, eventually opening my own firm with my wife specializing in dealing with investors - we provided management, coaching and financing solutions specifically for investors and investment properties.

There are 2 or 3 companies, that specialize in the West End and Pittsburgh area, but they have minimums per door of $ 100-120 per month per door, so your percentages go up and your profit goes down. 

In that case...When I get the most accurate ball park value of the land and I get it under contract what is the process or are there special contracts I need to take it to auction.

There are special tax rules for vehicles.

They do have the higher monthly fee (and I wouldn't by a condo with an unreasonable fee), they don't go up in value as much as a single family, on poorly run ones (not stratford) you run the risk of a special assesment.

You may have already checked into this ... or maybe have reservations about using one, but in my area, there are companies who specialize in this.