I really think you could benefit by taking the same approach as me.  

There are limits to how much you can invest in your SDIRA per year, but if you are making money in your REI and have a business structure setup you can sponsor your own company SDIRA plan and contribute some of your own income from your company into the new plan and even provide a company match (benefits of business ownership!). 

Questions are:Are there benefits from a loan down payment standpoint?

So many other forums I've read (professional or hobby interest) are full of flame wars-- like there's an army of trolls waiting to devour the most recent half-baked idea.But on BP even when people post "I'm 21, no job, skills or money, and I want to be an overnight millionaire" the community gives them the benefit of the doubt, and encourages them to get then training & networking to accomplish that.

I am a licensed master electrician, I work for a contractor (great pay, benefits, work truck, etc..) but also own a fully licensed and insured electrical contracting company I basically have just set up (been open 3 years) but no time to do anything with because I am constantly working on both houses.  

You will gain a TON of knowledge and who knows - maybe you'll even find a partner or two.Knowing that there is a resource available to me that offers advice on pretty much any REI question has been a huge benefit to me and my business.Investing in multifamily properties by using as little of my own money as possible is my game.

You will gain a TON of knowledge and who knows - maybe you'll even find a partner or two.Knowing that there is a resource available to me that offers advice on pretty much any REI question has been a huge benefit to me and my business.Investing in multifamily properties by using as little of my own money as possible is my game.

Knowing that there is a resource available to me that offers advice on pretty much any REI question has been a huge benefit to me and my business.

We have been researching this for a while, but the only TRUE benefit to LLC-ing is that we would be able to get hard money financing.

Basically I can benefit from any information that is given.