.: Quote from @Jay Hinrichs:  Good for you too, Jay, for closing and funding so many transactions.

If they refuse or seem evasive, consider it a red flag.Financial transactions require trust, and unfortunately, my experience with Century Key Capital has shown me that borrowers must stay vigilant to protect themselves from hidden costs.

In many instances, parties to a transaction try to hit a home run in one deal instead of remembering that they'll do better in the long run by taking care of the other people in the transaction.

We have a checkbook LLC account with Titan bank that we setup from our SDIRA company and haven't had any issues for the last year from any transactions.

The pitfalls really revolve around prohibited transactions and disqualified parties.

Very few people have the ability and the time to work both sides of the transaction.

The offer is still typically (100% of my transactions since August 17th last year) asking for my buyer agent commission to be paid in the agreement..

I'm sure you're well aware that it is extremely rare for a lead to want to transact immediately.

Since 1031 exchanges are designed to defer capital gains taxes, they do not apply to SDIRA transactions, as there are no immediate capital gains taxes to defer.Instead, if an SDIRA-owned property is sold, the proceeds remain within the IRA and can be reinvested into another investment without tax consequences.

Personally never heard of this scheme or way to set up transactions.