I had one investment in a syndication that would have been a total loss however the sponsor made good and repaid principal . so 3 year no return.. which is just fine by me personally I am not one who goes crazy if the return is lower or does not happen to me its principal i care about.. 

For example, I recently made a loan to a house flipper, partnering with my self-directed 401(k) and Health Savings Account (HSA).

Got a new PM who made us fix things and walked it with me(first time for me seeing the property), then we finally paid off all but the mortgage and now we cash flow about $400/month. 

Individually a HELOC could possibly work if there is enough equity where it made sense.Randy

My back is feeling it thats why god made snow blowers :)

It's a one time free filing made to the FINCEN. 

@Ryan DeRobertis Curious to know if you made it down to PR and what you may have learned since this was originally posted.

I have 4 properties here and we just added 2 more just in the last 2-3 months as the math made sense.

Hey James, I have a simple log book / spreadsheet I made for clients that maybe helpful to you.

Purchase price: $325,000 Cash invested: $150,000 What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?