Unless you pay everyone in Trident Layers on the trip to China, you will far surpass any savings on material costs.

It's been a lesson to me of why it's vital to do the research and that your gut feeling is often not correct.

I know there is a lot of potential in Baltimore because I receive emails from wholesalers every day, but like Ned said, it's VITAL to know the neighborhoods3) Join a local REI meetup (actually, I've already done that, but have yet to make it out to any meetings)I'd be happy to share my experiences and what I've learned so far looking at properties and visiting different neighborhoods.

In the IRA LLC that provides checkbook control, a custodian will be used as the back-end processing and reporting layer to get the IRA invested into the LLC.  

It’s not vitally important, but it’s a case where spending an extra $20 can make it look like you spent an extra $500.

I don't see why you need to take on the extra layer of responsibility when this should fall into the hands of your buyers the same as insurance and all maintainence.

That is required in order to establish a Solo 401(k) plan.If not, you can establish a self-directed IRA LLC that also offers checkbook control and is much more efficient for most real estate investors than utilizing a 3rd party custodian as the processing layer.

Level 1: An LLC formed in the state of the property for each investment.Level 2A: An Ownership Wyoming LLC holding company for all the equity of the multiple LLCs at Level 1Level 2B: A Management entity to facilitate legal/tax/bookkeeping/day-to-day ops/etc. for each Level 1 entity (goal to leverage economies of scale against overhead cost of local third-party contractors, vendors, software subscriptions, etc.)Level 3: MyselfI feel with the layers described and proper legal & accounting I's dotted and T's crossed, there is a sufficiently thick corporate veil and there will be appropriate insurance for each entity to further protect from loss.

Then insulate with minimum R19 and have air gaps above and below the insulation, and finally hang double or even triple layers of thick sheet rock on the ceiling, like this:Even with all that done, your sound barrier is only as good as it's weakest point.

You are experiencing the great customer service cable companies are known for with the added layer of the property management slowing it down further.