In addition, you can reach out to a local hard money lender (not a national lender) and they will point you in the direction of fix and flippers who would make an offer.

It adds no additional protection and will not shield you in the event of a lawsuit.

If you are under age 59 1/2, there is an additional 10% penalty.Bottom line is that we strongly recommend against using IRA funds to purchase a house you wish to have personally in teh future.  

In addition, they have had their real estate agent manipulate the MLS listing numerous time since being under contract, which we have record of.

In addition to price you should condsider the quality of the company (AM Best rates, Insurance dept complaints, reviews,....) and the quality of the agent (do they know this type of business, how many companies do the represent, etc..)

It is currently a 4 unit, 2 units on each floor, and after my initial walk through of the property I noticed a HUGE unused attic that can convert into one if not two additional units. 

Hey Cody, I would not continue to expect the homes to appreciate as they have in the past, so I would definitely look in to trying to find something off-market, or by offering lower than listed on stale properties that have opportunity for some value add. It

Because of this, I believe the insurance should remain in the seller's name and we should be named as additionally insured, to avoid alerting the lender or dealing with 2 policies.

I loaded up on things I had on my shopping list and got them for historic discounts.

In much the same fashion as when we file permits for a large remodel they will quite often come back saying I want xyz additional work like adding hardwired smokes.