As an investor you want as little exposure to liability as possible.2.

You need to closely look at what your debt balance exposure will be at the 5 year call.

Josh, may I suggest placing this offering front and center on the site as this one thread may not get the necessary exposure it needs.

What they are doing is transfering criminal penalty risk exposure to YOU.

When you bring financing into your IRA's acquisition of real estate, you will be subject to UDFI (unrelated debt financed income) and UBIT (unrelated business income tax).This is a complicated analysis and I suggest that you work through your entire hold model with your CPA to make sure you fully understand the tax exposure that your self directed IRA could encounter.

The properties were titled and deeded to the LLC to protect it's members personal assets and limit our exposure.

Maximum exposure=maximum return.

While new to the world of investing, the last decade of living in 5 apartments throughout the city and now owning the apartment that I live in (with my husband) has given me sufficient exposure to the world of real estate to know that I was bitten by the real estate bug.I now have a bit of capital to invest, and some free time to explore the world of real estate investing.

This gives you 3 to 5 more years flexibility on what to do with the property with pay down and loan exposure.

If these are SFR's, that is a lot of coverage considering the worst case exposure.