I will use 15 year traditional mortgages or the equivalent in private financing.

Truly self-directed IRA's are held by specialty providers with different paperwork and staff training focused on non-traditional assets such as real estate, private mortgages, etc.

The person who inspired me to start investing has a GED instead of a traditional HS diploma.

When replacing a water heater has anyone ever used tankless water heaters vs the traditional tank water heater?

So, data scientists have traditionally used their knowledge tools on inert data to explain various historical trends.

While a Roth IRA allows you to withdraw your initial investment anytime, since you already paid taxes on these funds, you generally can't withdraw any profits or traditional IRA contributions until age 59 ½.

Its a little pricy, but they seem to be one of the only lenders that will lend to an out-of-state 4 unit short term rental building with no long term tenants.My plan is the pull cash out with Better.com and then refinance with a traditional mortgage down the line.Nikki

So, you're using the private money to buy the property and then doing a traditional refi?

What a valuable team member she has become for finding and evaluating properties as well as for local contacts for building my team.We are using three types of financing options:  traditional mortgages, commercial portfolio loan with a local bank (great rate/25 yr amortization/minimal closing costs) and cash BRRR method discussed on forum.  

I'm sure since you are on BiggerPockets you know that the value of the property is a function of it's cash flow, but a traditional lender will typically lend at 75% of the appraised value which is typically based on the income approach (ie the cash flow) so you'll likely need to save 25% of the value.