It removes them from the grey area while allowing them the ability to offer more solutions to homeowners (cash offer, traditional listing etc.). 

They have a lot of interest and using a tradition bank can take longer than they want on closing.

Traditional Financing.

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

I'll break down the benefits belowSeller Finance- Sell the property without having to pay traditional closing costs of listing and expedite the sale process- Defer capital gains and potentially keep yourself in a lower tax bracket so you are taxed at a lower capital gains rate.

@Michael OwensIt is fairly common knowledge but I will state the obvious that when you leave your W-2 job, you will be fairly un-lendable for traditional primary home loans for the first bit of time.

The two posts above are talking about professional lenders that happen to be non traditional and focus on real estate.

So maybe divide the traditional security deposit for a 12 month lease by the actual length of the lease ($1,800/12) = $150 and then add in whatever you think necessary to make you more comfortable. 

I did this to give some anonymity and lawsuit protection (I know not 100%, but a lot more than a traditional LLC in the state I reside).

So while my language might come off as outdated/traditional to some…my husbands goals are synonymous with my own.