With my prior experience in both traditional commercial lending, government programs, and tax incentive programs (TIF financing, LIHTC financing, and NMTC financing) I hope to be able to add value to other members while also structuring several deals and manage assets.  

Also, the interest rate looks really high for traditional financing. 

IRS Publication 590-B:  Inherited from someone other than spouse.If you inherit a traditional IRA from anyone other than your deceased spouse, you can't treat the inherited IRA as your own.

Non-Traditional Loans, Seller Financing for example.2.

However, if you purchase a primary residence in another state, look into their homestead exemption laws before you get tempted to claim thatMy husband and I are residents of Texas, we own a home in Georgia (although ours was a primary residence at the time, not a STR or LTR like yours will be), if we had claimed the homestead exemption in order to save on our property taxes we would have been required to change our residency to GA and pay state taxes. 

Why not sell your primary?

Also I think that it may allow us to aquire a larger quantity of traditional home loans since in the future my DTI will be much better ;) ...

i want to buy a retirement home with self directed ira funds. how can i do this without taking the money out and paying tax on the withdrawal amount?

My wife and I closed on a primary home two weeks ago that is an "ugly" foreclosure with no major structural problems.

What success have others had when transitioning from a traditional 9 to 5 job to full time real estate investing?