If so, you may wish to consider investing your retirement funds in real estate via a self-directed 401k or IRA.If you are self-employed with no full-time w-2 employees, you can set up a Solo 401k & rollover funds from a non-Roth IRA as a tax-free direct rollover and then invest in real estate.Solo 401k vs.

The legality of it is certainly important to know (that whole "ignorance of the law is no defense" thing) and I do know that many title companies - and even sellers (I'm one of them) - will not accept an assignable contract. 

I guess you could say that I am partially self-insured.The real estate rental business is great and very profitable - the problem for start-up investors who are eager to learn listen to seminar speakers giving poor advice.

Please explain the paperwork requirements too.Having had a self-directed IRA once, I would never do it again.

@Michael Fitts we have properties 45 mins-1hr away that we self manage and it’s not too much.

I am self-employed with multiple other businesses and a flipping business.

This is why for self employed applicant it is difficult to secure a new mortgage. 

I am new to investing (though have been in the new home industry for 29 years) and i just recently opened a self directed IRA of which I bought my first investment home.

Since we have been self-managing, I'm planning to scale it by offering the property management services to others.

I am looking at an empty big box store in a shopping center to put climate controlled self storage in.