We use American IRA and have had a great experience.

Hii- I am looking to transfer the money in my 401(k) from my previous job into aself-directed IRA custodian to be used for real estate investing.

The type of self-directed IRA that will best suit your situation and goals will drive the process of identifying the right firm to work with.A self-directed IRA custodian is a processing entity.

Anyone have experience with self directed ira.

Not everyone has this option though. )Then as a 1099 I would do the max contribution in into a IRA (20% your income) -20k roughlynow you have 380kStocks: I would find companies that have strong fundamentals, high dividends and good PE ratios that I want to be invested in. 

The AC has needed to be recharged the last two summers, so I was thinking about just replacing the whole system (it's 16 years old) and want to take advantage of the IRA and Energize Delaware rebates/incentives/credits to make it as efficient as possible (even though I do not pay the utilities). 

Employment letter is marginally useful for those new to town or in a new job, as most companies have a 90 - 180 "probationary" period, so in those cases I do also request savings or IRA statements showing significant savings to show they are prepared.

@Matt Faircloth My dad has an IRA and is willing to loan me some money out of it. 

I had to borrow from my 401k, do a HELOC on my primary and cash out some from my Roth IRA. it got me in the game.

I can put down over 40% but as I understand it my personal credit cannot come into effect under a self directed IRA acquisition.