I've been a member and listening to all the podcasts for 10 months or so and fear of what I don't know has hindered me from taking any action.

Hi Jonathan,If you're thinking of investing in the US, make sure you think through currency fluctuations and where the US dollar is trading as compared to the Canadian dollar.  

Congrats on taking action and working towards your financial independence!

With the Checkbook IRA LLC, the IRA itself is at the back end and simply owns an IRA for which you can have signing authority and operate out of a bank account of your choosing.Again, if the IRA will have equity in the flip, then the IRA is engaging in a trade or business activity as opposed to passive investments such as hard money lending or rental income.  

The fact that you took action is a great thingYou have to decide what you want to do.  

As an extreme action, I told him I would let him out of his lease if he felt this was unlivable for him.

I am currently starting up a business in the fitness niche and trade currencies full time on the Forex market.

I've been reading BiggerPockets for a little while now, and I want to start taking action.

Such an actionable book.  

It'll also largely depend on who is doing the trading in the transaction.