I have owned several and can give you my opinion.

There will be several interest rate hike in 2018 causing a slow down in home affordability.

I do have several contacts within my network who are based in the K-zoo area.

Its covers a HUGE area and several counties.

For that reason, it would be great if it could accept bank account info directly as well.I tried quickbooks several years ago, but I don't have a strong accounting background and found it cumbersome to set up and maintain so I ended up going back to my trusty spreadsheets.  

Several of these posts are from BP members describing their personal experiences, which can be very helpful.

I know several landlord who have dozens of uncashed interest checks to tenants and former tenants for years

The same process will need to be repeated if there are several beneficiaries of the estate. 

That's the fundamental skill, otherwise owning property might just be a messier financial situation.All that said, I was in the same situation several months back.

The last I checked (several years ago), only 5% of all retirement accounts are self directed but in the Information Age, more and more are becoming aware.On the other side, I have been a borrower of private Investor funds with many using self directed accounts and I can assure you that some of the advice above recommending the timing of your custodian is crucial is absolutely correct.