What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

What makes a self-directed IRA custodian different is that they are not purely connected to the public exchanges and limited to investing in stocks, bonds and funds, but rather have the staff training and paperwork to document the IRA's investment in the more individualized transactions that occur when investing in real estate, notes and other non-traditional assets.

This is purely speculation on my part, being half-way across the country and not at all familiar with what's going on with the market in that particular neighborhood.

It's getting into the pure speculation. 

There are several pure investors that do that at my market center...

But making business decisions based on tax implications is far different from creating an LLC purely to enable a fictional home office for a tax deduction.

Is it purely on my own (which you would do anyway) or are there firms like with Realtors to kind of help learn the ropes?

Both stores have negative and positives, but I would switch to HD if they did bulk discounts purely based on the electronic receipts.  

Based on the properties I've evaluated, it's hard to find a property that breaks even from a cash flow perspective after all expenses (including property management) with a 30% down payment.From a pure investment perspective, I would choose to put money elsewhere. 

Is that purely from the LLC's tax returns/informational returns?