5) Do I have the competency to build a new house, and get my money back out of it?

Now, all are rising with no stop in sight.New players China and India are inadvertently going to add serious BIGGER problems.

Go to any court house and find out who the biggest players are at the auctions.

I've had a competing entity as the registered agent on my LLC for over six years.

I don't disagree that Elance has competent programmers and the suggestions others have brought up are excellent... but specialization by web designers can be the difference in success or failure.Find a web designer that has PROVEN results that they can show you through Analytics and solid references.

In the average SDIRA real estate investment, if you have competent (licensed) real estate managers and suitable hazard insurance, and there is an issue... the plaintiff is going to sue the management company or the owner (ETC) and the asset (named beneficiary (your IRA)) is insured.

I will echo the need to speak with your CPA and a competent attorney.

There are rehab deals in VA and in MD if you don't feel like competing with the DC crowd.

When fully disclosed and following all guidelines of the approval letter, it is perfectly legal, ethical and hopefully profitable.The same holds true when an experienced, competent Realtor lists a short sale.

If it's related to a specific property (one you plan to put under contract), then I see nothing wrong with it, as the wholesaler is just trying to prevent you from going around him directly to the seller (though that said, if the wholesaler did his job correctly, he shouldn't care).Now, if it's a general non-compete, non-disclosure that applies to every property the wholesaler tells you about, you probably don't want to sign it.