If I make money great, but what I’m really after is gaining insight and knowledge into the process.Either way I just wanted to introduce myself and say thanks to everybody that’s indirectly helped me out through the posts and Podcasts.

After the new year I plan on doing a very small scale, slow direct mailing / calling on currently off market multifamily properties. If I get an interested party and they provide me some basic info to give an educated...

There can be no direct or indirect benefit between the plan and a disqualified party - meaning you cannot receive income from plan investments among other things (except of course by taking a distribution from the retirement plan, which may be taxable).A self directed plan may utilize a mortgage to purchase property, in which case all income still returns to the plan.  

These changes have already effected real estate investing in the form of increased cost of insurance and taxes in many areas and if the trajectory continues, the direct and indirect effects will be even more dramatic down the road.

I have an oil indirect now. lol. 

I indirectly work with the assessor's office to obtain our tax certificates and reassessment values before filing maps for subdivisions, so I do have some specific contacts at the tax collector's office if you wanted some help on this.

Danny, there is something called NOI or net operating income and there are a million different factors that influence, some of which are direct and others indirect.

Since you will know what and where you want to buy you can be very specific in directions to your Realtor.

Such “third-party†‘client’ representation attaches with it, various requirements for disclosure of material facts; indirectly limits the amount and type of compensation we receive; imposes minimum standards of trust and competence in both our due diligence and negotiating skills – and frequently, creates liability for any advice we might offer to the “clientâ€.

I tried calling a registered phone number with the listed owner but it was disconnected.I now need to confirm a viable solution to use to get in direct contact (preferably by phone) to the owner so I can discuss possibilities.Again, I appreciate the suggestions, and the constructive criticism.