I do agree that there is not much of a difference between a regular IRA and a self-dieted IRA including the lender "allowance" of more and easier lenders available and the way to cheat the government and for personal benefit ways that you allready have in a typical IRA.  

For example, I know how to calc the 20-year commercial loan, but then if I add investors is it a regular interest rate plus principle or simple interest?

A coworker of mine has ~7 low income houses and duplexes, and I see the issues he has to deal with on a regular basis.

Track everything you do and review it regularly and talk with others to get their opinion on how you might cut expenses or increase income.  

Xero is a solid product as well, but my experience has found that not many people have used it as a tool regularly. 

I would post the names of people who do this on a regular basis but I don't want to embarrass you, I just want you to feel convicted.

Those who didn't will find new jobs with regular paychecks.

Watermark Exchange has moving inventory but if you reach out to them, they can often pull something that's not on the books.We also move assets from different hedge funds on a regular basis as well.  

You can plug that in to an amortization calculator to get a general idea of how much they may still owe.A caveat, documents are regularly mis-indexed so liens can apply that you don't find online.

The loan will mostly be needed for about 3 months as a bridge between when we get billed by subs and when we get reimbursed by our regular construction loan.The equity-home mortgage stands at $400k and the house is probably valued around $2M in today's market.I've used Legalzoom to obtain and fill out a Promissory Note and Security Agreement.