But as I learned the supply of 2-4 unit properties are more common the closer to Downtown you get.

Or get them vacant now and wait for rents to go up before you register with the city housing office.If they haven't figured out that they need to register housing units and inspect them regularly, they will.

The company you mentioned is one option for self-directed accounts, but there are several others who post regularly to these forums who could also help.

Because as more and more mom & pop landlords say this and exit the business, there is less supply but the same amount of demand.

By attending meetups on a regular basis you will create relationships, and relationships are the backbone of real estate investing. good luck

@Carson Wright Hi Carson, while others may disagree with me I’d personally say that while you’re starting out unless you’ve got a bunch of assets elsewhere you’re really fine going with just using your own name at least for rentals at first and having enough insurance coverage in the form of your regular homeowners and an umbrella policy for probably $1,000,000.

You might change the supply and demand for your investment.If you do this, you will have 2 SFH's that if investors want to buy and rent will have to pay 20% down for each vs a low down FHA for a duplex house hack.Your buyers pool might be smaller due to this.Also you will be competing in sales with SFH's which in some areas greatly outnumber duplexes but will have created 2 condos (which in some areas have lower desirability than SFH's or duplexes).Just my 2 cents.

So she’s researching extensions to 1031 exchange due to covid, self-directed IRA setup, conveying the property into an existing regular 401k before the sale.

This will supply the area with tons of new jobs starting at $15/hr + benefits and surely increase demand for homes in the surrounding area.Next is the massive redevelopment project by the Hilco Group known as "The Bellwether District".

The ballgame has changed though, we bought all of the material early this year before prices started to rise and supplies ran out.