I guess I have reservations and much novice skills about SDIRA's but I know I can builds for less than most here anyway.

However, I went to the first meeting and the main speaker was an out-of-town guy giving a super high-pressure sales job for some MLM program called "Financial Education Services Protection", which didn't actually have anything to do with real estate, other than he was pitching us to pressure credit challenged prospects into buying this (my opinion) predatory program.

Some elements that will make a condo non-warrantable are:* High investor ratio* Insufficient reserves/Bad financials* Litigation* Buying as investment vs primary/2ndWhen the condo is deemed non-warrantable for the specific transaction, then the only financing option left is a non-warrantable condo portfolio loan.Hope this helps.

If your debt is being paid at a high rate, your best investment probably would be to pay that down, not even considering other factors like stress, credit score, or safety reserve should something with REI go wrong.With that being said, if you can find a great deal, your expected return on that might be significantly better than your student loan costs, and therefore it would be prudent to jump at such an opportunity.Good luck!

I'm looking to switch my service any advice on which one I should use 

I know about the services Costar offers, but I'm wondering who or where typically has this information on hand locally?

@Eric TomlinUnless you have other non-traditional investments in mind, the checkbook control provided by an IRA LLC would be more tool than you likely require.Check out Kingdom Trust Co or IRA Services Trust Co.  

We like the house and i've put work into it but just the location...Anyways, With the little cash reserves I have, I'm having a hard time figuring out how to begin real estate investing.  

Use a few of those 20 creative ideas to make offers - use a little of you credit line to control the property and flip it quickly to build your cash reserve - need a partner ???

I am new to the world of Real Estate and plan on using this service and others to learn the ropes.