It is a prohibited transaction to have any sale, exchange or lease of assets between yourself personally and/or any disqualified parties and your IRA. 

I retired from the military and currently work for a big retail chain in the logistics department but I'm looking for ways where I can do REI full time.

if you have interest in the Michigan housing market, specifically Ingham, Livingston, or Shiawassee County, please do not hesitate to contact me   I can be your "boots on the ground" and make your new investment happen from a distance with ease and confidence in your transaction.  

Learn how a real estate transaction works and the legalities of contracts.

If you need the capital for continued investing, you could sell, but you'll have capital gains tax and transactions costs that will take a significant bite.

I have created a rental cashflow analysis tool to work my numbers out.Upon running the numbers I have come across 2 hurdles that I want your help in to crossing. 1.

If you were to flip it, you wouldn't be making all that much after holding and transaction costs.

I amy be a bit biased, but after working with investors form all over the globe, the one thing I have learned is that the venture is largely hinged on the front end of the transaction that  utilizing a reliable higher local provider with sophisticated operations and systems not just plans of how they will help you acquire, repair and pas you along to a magnet company.

I have seen that and that has crossed my mind.

I thought about putting a mobile home on it or a few depending on the restrictions for the county (I'm looking into that) and then the thought of putting some micro homes on it crossed my mind.