Very simple monthly appreciation and increase in rents based on 3% for inflation and for appreciation (I know this isn't realistic, but it made the calc easier)So, for example, the SD Regular IRA would be able to purchase $600,000.00 propertybecause it has the full 300k to work with, but must use 240k for a down payment and keepthe other 60k in reserve.

Hi Jordan,You might be in a tough market.Are you trying to live in a quad for instance and use FHA for a loan or hold just as an investment with a regular loan putting 20% down??

Go through the specific numbers on every deal, and destroy every part of yourself that wants to use the "50% rule" or any other witchcraft shortcuts.Finally, on a regular basis, go to real estate networking events.  

Really, any search you'd regularly type into craigslist would make a good recipe.

(My dog, Daisy, gives me regular supervision.)How do you feel about “Hire America”?

@Michael Newhouse i read somewhere that if you use friends/family option to send money then you don't get the full protection of the regular payday transaction.  

I recently got married and upon the final details found out that my spouse's condo was behind on payments because she had accidentally let the insurance lapse and a pipe burst.I was just beginning my real estate/rental journey, listening to pod casts regularly and reading forum posts.  

I see her  rationale if you get an apartment it is  a much better life on a regular basis then a hotel. 

So I have a little time but getting a lender we can work with on a regular basis is something we want to find ASAP.

It's possible to avoid capital gains taxes in flipping homes, but those of us that do it regularly just look at CGT as the nature of the beast and plan for it in our calculations.