I use a lockbox and it has worked perfectly for years and never needs batteries.

While you can have your retirement plan become a shareholder of your business, the business itself operates in the taxable realm.A self-directed IRA is a purely passive means of deploying tax-sheltered retirement savings more broadly than just common financial products, but is still very much an IRA, with very hands-off approaches required. 

Does not sound like a pure lender.. sounds like an investment firm.

This post is probably much different than most on this site, as it's definitely emotionally -driven, not a pure investment decision.

That is 35 months of pure profit you would give to Uncle Sam to keep it past your grace period for living in the house.  

I’m not opposed to buying a pure rental unit, but I’d rather get something I can also potentially live in if I can.

I try to keep our rental a place I would like to stay, so that's a different mindset than pure profit.

Lennar usually won't sell for pure investment though

If you don’t authorize the check, it’s important to know that any info about rates and programs is purely hypothetical.That said, it's true that too many hard credit checks can hurt your credit score.

Are you house hacking this property or using it purely for investment?