The contractor is probably outside of his ability to lien your property, so he can't tie up your equity, which leaves bringing a lawsuit - possibly small claims. 

The lender is one of the most important elements of your team, and these questions are very basic.

Does it rob me of the ability to pay off a smaller loan for one house and then cash flow that house or does this somehow even out when I combine the loans? 

In addition, if you are self-employed with no full-time employees you may wish to consider opening a Solo 401k instead of a self-directed IRA as it has several advantages over an IRA LLC such as much higher contribution limits, direct checkbook control (i.e. no need to have the account at a specialty trust company), ability to take a 401k loan, exclusion from unrelated debt finance income tax with respect to investment in real estate acquired with non-recourse financing, etc.In addition, please note if you purchase debt-financed real estate with your IRA, unrelated debt finance income tax should apply to the income attributable to debt-financed real estate held by your IRA.

I don't have the ability to read the article but $PSA has been getting whipsawed around like the rest of the market and is well off recent highs. 

This would allow me to still invest in real estate as well as numerous other areas while doing it all within a tax-advantaged account, likely with more liquidity and the ability to withdraw my initial contributions without being penalized if I ever found myself in a pinch.

I joined for the ability to train and get support out of normal work hours because I couldn't go full time right off the bat.  

Wishing all of my affordable housing tenants were on section 8 right now.Our business and employees are fully working from home, and fortunate to have the ability to do so. 

Most wont do this because they don’t have any specific buyers; they aren’t knowledgeable enough to have confidence in their own ability to analyze the property; they have no money; and or their not really committed to their “business”.If I want someone to “try” to sell my property I can list it with a real estate broker where I’ll be able to obtain the highest market price at the time and have it exposed on a national basis through all the major online platforms.

We don't have the ability currently to save too much per month, so our ability to put down another chunk of cash will be 2 years away at least on the current path of income.