I made some money within my self directed IRA Lessons learned?

, food, clothing, entertainment, utilities, retirement deductions like IRA/401k which you channel into a 3rd party investment firm(assuming you have them), other benefits your firm may offer which you should be taking advantage of like a salary match, and so on.

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A lot of forum members are very knowledgeable in their respective fields related to real estate investing, whether that is real estate sales, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, lending, self-directed IRA and Solo 401k investing, or tax and legal guidance.If you haven’t been to it already, you might want to check out the BP blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/The site has quite a few tools that can be helpful for new members.

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I'm looking at a self-directed IRA for a real estate investment with some retirement funds set aside, but in terms of first deals not with retirement funds, any duplexes, triplexes, or quads that you've heard of seller financing for the first deals would be greatly appreciated to learn more!

Can i have my Self Dirrected IRA purchace that rental house from myself and avoid capitalgains and let the IRA have it till i retire? 

I have an old IRA that I would like to put to use via a self-directed IRA through a moderately aggressive syndication.

@Joe PalmerIRS rules are pretty clear: as "disqualified person" you can't benefit from an IRA in any way, directly or indirectly:https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-prohibited-transactionsIt is very irresponsible for the representative to make a blanket statement like this.