@Ray P.Be careful with phrases like "promissory note to myself" relative to using a SD IRA...typically you cannot directly benefit personally when using a SDIRA, all transactions have to be done in the IRAs name.With 15 K, I would probably:- Leave it, invest it as best you could with stocks.

I hope to be an active contributor later on but for now I will mainly just lurk around in the forums.My PlanFirst of all, I don't have much experience in real estate so I need to have a plan to get comfortable with it.My plan now is to really just ease into real estate for now.

Kerry Baird that is true, but not sure the benefits make their way to all parts of Titusville... what's available in Cocoa Beach, Cape, and Sat Beach tends to be unrealistically overpriced.

I invest mainly for cash flow.

The problem is that a  main investors wants to cash out and I need to find new financing.  

The main focus of the cause was targeted at the financial industry for its relaxed lending requirements, banking regulations, and “predatory” lending practices.

Hey everyone, I have been doing commercial property management privately for over five years now and I'm sure most of you will agree that finding and keeping a solid tenant is the biggest challenge, yet, is the most important objective on your list at all times.I have sandwich signs posted near the main roads at all of my properties, and recently created banners to hang on windows.

My wife passed her real estate exam recently in hopes of utilizing it to our benefit in future real estate deals (though she has not yet picked a firm to work with).

The main reason I posted this response is because I still have a day to cancel the whole transaction and pretend like it never happened.

Some people put a lot of value in appreciation and the tax benefits.