Doing things in the right order matters as in most rental markets it would be harder to get good investment returns for example on refinishing hard wood floors for a rental... buyers appreciate/expect refinished floors more than the typical renter... you also would not want to have 5 years of wear on refinished floors to then put it up for sale.Do all that and in 5 years you can still decide to keep it you will likely have massively increased the appraisal value, do a COR and fund your next deal. 

Thank you for the encouragement, it definitely feels like too big of a project for our first one, but as you pointed out if the deal is good enough vacancies and setbacks shouldn’t sink us.

Purchase price $ 510,000 Purchase Closing Costs 10,200 Estimated Rehab Costs 5,000 Total Project Costs 525,200 Downpayment (36.9%) 188,000 Loan Amount 322,000 Loan Interest Rate 5.250% Total Cash Needed 203,200 Gross Rents 61,440 Monthly Rental Income 5,120 Expenses Advertising 25 Gardening 66 Insurance 250 Management Fee 512 Pest Control 50 Property Tax 638 CapExpense 512 Security System 280 Vacancy 512 Total Monthly Expenses (55.6%) 2,845 Monthly P&I 1,778 Total Cash Flow 497 Performance Metrics Monthly Cash Flow $497 Cash on Cash Return (ROI) 3.17% DSCR 1.28 Purchase Cap Rate 5.35% Proforma Cap Rate 5.20% 1% Rule 0.97%

Project cost: $41k.

In any case making a concete driveway could be a DIY project, it is not complex at all. 

And I am probably on the lower end on both of those numbers from most big time flippers.Ways to make this work:-drop your offer by $5k or tell them you will pay $82k if they carry finanincing for the project with an interest only loan at 10% (will net save you $4,000)-get at least 2 more quotes on your rehab (may save may not)-if this is an mls property, ask the agent you are using to buy if they would be willing to list the property for 2% because they will make 3% at the sale and more on the back end (will save you $1,300)This will move your profit up to roughly $13k which is a little bit better but still cutting it close.

*We also now add the security plate/screws to every project/rental we do. 

We recently had a FLIP project that had significant damage , and had to be torn down in Elk River, MN.

What are the tax consequences for investing in syndication project with a self directed IRA?

Planning on doing a massive plumbing, electrical, and remodeling job for a 2 story mixed use building my family owns.