What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets. 

., toilets that ran on rain water, central heating from mantle lava, appliances that could run on an AA battery if needed, etc.

If this is in California, you plan to use super high end fixtures, and hire artisan contractors, with all permits and all issues accounted for, you're probably looking at about $400 per square foot.If this is in Atlanta, you plan to use the lowest end materials you can buy, hire day laborers, not pull permits and ignore any issues that are not purely cosmetic, you're probably looking at $10 per square foot.If you're somewhere in between, probably somewhere in between.Long story short, there's no way anybody will be able to tell you how much the renovation like this will cost without knowing specifically where you are, what type of contractors you plan to use, what level of materials you plan to use, and what the specific scope of work is.But, if you check out the BiggerPockets bookstore, they've got a great book on estimating rehab costs and the methodology that goes into figuring out how much it should cost.

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets. 

The big advantage of that is it won't drain your phone battery or data usage as it's self contained.I could see that device extremely useful if you had a business fleet.Thanks for the tip!

If it is purely knowledge, there are a lot of free and paid educational courses out there.  

Aloha,Assuming you have some type of alarm system in the property, you should fairly easily be able to come up with a temperature alarm that could reside IN the refrigerator, and communicate with the alarm panel via battery wireless.

If you're a pure cash flow investor, it can make it pretty tough.

So - your prices aren't going to necessarily make sense from a pure investment perspective - and the sellers don't really care.