I’ve seen the same articles you have.

Teddy Truong thanks for the tip brother, I definitely have been told and read articles/blogs on the same thing.

I wrote an article on Bigger Pockets that walks through how I did it.

A BP article on FHA loans (https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/03/2...) 

My husband and I are looking to buy a second house down in Indy now since his job recently promoted him to area supervisor in that area, and I actually just signed up for this website (Bigger Pockets) from a suggestion I got from this link:http://www.outofstateinvestor.com/market-research-...There might be some useful input in this article for you. 

In addition article 250, which is the most painful read ever, requires that all electrical equipment or non-current carrying equipment that contains energized conductors to be connected to ground. 

I just read an article that shows Vegas is poised to meet the previous pricing peak very soon.  

When a fund deploys investor money that comes from an IRA or employee benefit plan or pension plan, that money is ERISA eligible and possibly subject to the 25% rule as described in the article below. 

I am starting at a disadvantage because I have no personal cash, but constantly see articles that you can do this without using your own money.

And given the fact that it is a short term loan the payments on the loan will be high, which is likely to result in a negative cash flow, so probably not the best option.And lastly, it is possible to buy a vacation rental in an IRA (here is a story about one of my clients doing it in Belize:  http://www.nasdaq.com/article/selfdirected-ira-pla...) but you are absolutely can not use that property for personal benefits.