Ask your HR department if your company supports an in-service rollover of your 401K to an IRA (which can be a self-directed plan if that's what you want).https://www.401krollover.com/what-is-in-service-401k-rollover-plan/Once I reached a certain age (late 50s), my 401K plan allowed for an in-service rollover.

For one property, the manager loaned the property money, not allowed by the OA, which created (unfair in my opinion) distortion when using capital accounting.

One allows short term rentals and one doesn't.

That will allow you to quickly analyze deals simply based on the purchase price and the total potential rent, without having to calculate every single cost for each property.

A bad tenant can easily allow their dog to cause thousands in damages, from torn screens to scratched doors to soiled carpets.

From my understanding there’s a limited amount of associations that allow it as well.  

It looks like your state allows you to select a provider and shop for lower rates:

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

We are paying about 100k over retail to lock in a 2% rate amortized for 30 years which gives the seller what they want and a monthly payment that allows us to cash flow.There's certainly a way to buy these 4 properties if you both are flexible on terms.

Propstream allows you to pull niche lists of homeowners that are tax delinquent, failed listings, high equity, or even in preforeclosure.