@Jaison EmmanuelAre you indicating that your IRA is partnering with a LLC that you own personally? 

Although my brother and myself are in talks with some different individuals to fund the deal.

For instance, one individual used their “old landlord” as a reference.... come to find out it was the guys brother.

Generally, you're looking for certain market indicators to determine if a market is a "good" market for you.

Sometimes groups can have more synergy than an individual as the members tend to encourage and push each other a bit. 

My questions: are properties like this (where you have many single tenants are on individual leases) harder to sell? 

I recommend setting up keyword alerts for each area as they are discussed in the forums daily with advertisements posted in the BiggerPockets marketplace hourly.One thing to note when looking at the individual markets, you can make or loose money in any market.

@May Emery I was doing direct mail for High equity in my area but I learned that my area has relatively well educated higher net worth individuals who don't sell at discounts.  

I was pleasantly surprised to stumble across BP.com, and all it has to offer not only new investors, but seasoned individuals as well.

On the limit that HUD places on the number of deals you can do as an individual:  is it 10 transactions or 10 units?