Such institutions provide the necessary processing services to document non-traditional asset investments with an IRA and will act purely as the processing layer.

How does one compare the price between a sfh and a duplex with the same square footage, and finishes in the same neighborhood?

Chris Hannigan not sure what a price-rent ratio appraisal is but if it’s a duplex it will likely be appraised by the comparable sales approach

Debt to income is not an issue, we have very low debts compared to our income.If we were able to find a private lender for 12 months is the best route to get a home equity loan after those 12 months are up to pay back the private lender?

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

@Ken Breeze yes use SDA all the time, but I always like to compare it to results I get from other spreadsheets.   

As you may or may not know, multifamily 2 to 4 unit properties are incredibly rare in the DC area compared to other metro areas.

@Grant Mitchell we have just closed our first property  w/ a traditional loan and doing the BRRRR method on our second property in OH. 

I guess while I know 20% is significant, I'm not sure if that's incredibly high compared to other markets around the country.

:)  I believe not a lot of employees would commute from Shelby to Indy compared to Franklin or Greenwod on the south side.