If you turn the garage into square footage you will have to now look at houses with similar square footage but no garage which may not be favorable in your market.

The terms are more favorable for those who have done several deals and less favorable for those who have done none or very few.

If ever you need your gold to buy an asset when currency is no longer favored, the guy on the other side of the trade wants to know the purity and weight and couldn't care what year it was minted.

I do X and Y to tip the scales in my clients favor, etc.

I'll start by saying that I am not a financial advisor and have limited knowledge on taxes and tax planning, so I'm simply a fellow journey-er sharing my experience:Using funds from a tax-favored account for a personal residence (even one that you eventually tend to use as an investment) is quite difficult, if not impossible/illegal to do while the funds are still in the fax-favored account. 

I have heard more favorable things about going towards the Bitterroot however, which we would be fine with. 

The owner was doing more of a favor to get her back on her feet.

I started researching self directed IRA because a lot of people seem to use that on here but I stumbled across a Solo 401k vs self directed IRA comparison and there were some compelling differences in favor of Solo 401k. 

I hope to return the favor some day.I know someone that is buying a small commercial investment property because it appears to be a good deal, but does not have a plan yet and no experience.  

I can see how if I had worded things a bit different, we could have made it all the way through the proceeding (I said, "I just want her gone".).So, the commissioner ruled in my favor and granted a Writ Of Restitution, with a 7-day period for them to move before I take the Writ to the Sheriff.