Until then I will go on my merry way looking for less complicated and risky deals thanks for the input.

I'd probably pay a weekly or monthly amount with clear expectations of hours and responsibilities.Paying per call, or by deal sounds needlessly complicated to track and a barrier to finding someone good.

If you decide that using an LLC is too complicated or risky, you can always unwind the LLC and use a traditional custodial model to purchase your property directly with an SDIRA.

There are some more complicated details to other occupancy situations: http://www.military.com/money/va-loans/8-keys-to-u...It probably would depend on the repair time frame for the best strategy for renting the units out. 

Its not a complicated formula.

No need to further complicate it.Feel free to post other questions, there are several Canadian investors, flippers and real estate professionals investing both here at home, in the U.S.A. and elsewhere who can provide you with some of their experience.

California, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, London capital appreciation isn't that hard to spot or compute if you know the market.Personally, I don't see capital appreciation to be more or less complicated to compute than rent appreciation.

Therefore just pay cash to make it less complicated for you first one.  

These are good and complicated questions, I'll try to answer them as best I can but feel free to ask more if I confuse things in some way, but want to state the obvious that just like in real estate, EVERYTHING is negotiable in construction.  1) Are you using a standard form contract?  

Lots of moving parts here and a very complicated taxation scenario.