We usually recommend speaking with a lender at least 6 months out to make sure there is nothing crazy on your credit and to get a plan in place financially.

A little back story, my boss started a very successful non financial related company in China 16 years ago.

While I am not opposed to that, I am confident there are plenty of great deals in our state - we just haven't found them.Second, I want to ensure my financial analyses are as accurate as possible for each property, mainly my assumptions around estimating expenses.

Bankers have better lobbyists than you, which means that the laws are stacked in our favor and the court will not be particularly fair to you.Don't commit mortgage fraud, please. 

Could be 10% or even 20% depending on the condo's financials and the ownership makeup. 

Both our tax accountant and financial planner are against the cash out because of the fees, but we have no other option if we want to get into investing in RE.

If not, taking him to court may be your only other option.

I’d contact the title company I worked with and bam by 11 I’d have 60 years of title history...yup West coast have digital title plants.. and the other east coast the records are at court house and an abstractor has to collect them for a fee.. or you have to do it yourself.. keep in mind East coast records are far older than west coast.. we are babys .. most records start with Spanish land grants.. along with section and range descriptions.. with 90% of the searchs done in lot and block.Just like some states people actually survey an SFR before they buy it.. that simply is never done in a subdivision on the west coast if you asked for one realtors and others would look at you like your were from  Mars or maybe Venus

Besides, it doesn't sound like they would be showing up to court to fight the eviction if it comes to that.

Forbes has a habit of putting something like this out every few years.The "bad" thing about investing your IRA in real estate is that the main Wall Street players do not have control over your funds and the means to earn commissions selling financial instruments.His arguments are entirely tilted towards to negative and not providing any context or perspective.I could just as easily pick 3 or 4 historically bad stock investments (Enron) or high fee annuities, and make it sound like that was all that you could expect if you went to a conventional brokerage - which is clearly not the case.For someone who understands real estate as an asset class, there is the potential to have your IRA produce consistent returns and have true diversification away from the news-cycle volatility of conventional financial products.