Your story is just pure fuel for me, Thanks a lot for sharing!

So as mentioned from all of us, get too local RE meetings and be a sponge. but as far as having someone sit and spend time , well.......All the best  Building connections within your network is not a purely transactional experience, in my opinion.

That means new batteries at least once, probably twice.5.

This sounds like a decision that is not purely financial, which is totally OK.

I think, for clarity, I would ask myself if I would buy this purely as an investment, the "saving" $30k could cause you to make a less than optimal investment. 

I have been actively looking for and am open to both primary residence and pure investment methods of investing.

I should actually be even more clear, within that $19k is holding costs/bills as well, so it isn't just purely rehab

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.

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.