Since I was in Texas and planned on staying there, I found out that I was qualified to take a test and become a real estate broker, so I took the test and got a license but I never did that full time.Regardless of what I had, I felt more comfortable in the construction business.  

I am a working professional with a full time 9-6 job.

And any property you purchase with an IRA you have to keep at "arms length", meaning you can't change a freaking light bulb if one burns out; EVERYthing needs to be done by 3rd parties.

I am going back to school soon to finish my Bachelors and have a full time job.

If you think you will go FHA, Conventional, 203k, etc. and then Quit Claim the property, to a LLC, or a Land Trust you run the risk of the lender discovering a Title Transfer occurred and activating the "Acceleration Clause" or "Due on Sale Clause" that requires the loan to be paid in full, within 'x' number of days.

Hey Ossie, I am glad you are going to come to another meeting to get a full outlook of Tulsa REIA.

She's a doctor of anudiology and I'm an engineer and both went to school full time and lived off the loans.

I am extremely interested in real estate investing and currently looking to close my first deal while working full-time as a Director in Customer Relations.

There must be five or six now.Part of the strategy on claiming CCA will depend on how you hold the property (i.e. directly in your name or via a corporation) and your planned length of hold.When you hold property in your own name, the CCA recapture upon disposition can hurdle you into another, sometimes substantially, higher tax bracket {BTW:  The recapture has an inclusion rate, in your income, of 100%; it is not taxed at 100% ;-) }.  

Make sure to check out the Bigger Pockets Blog: https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/It is full of great information.