Hey Joel, Excellent and Valid point for persons holding a larger portfolio than I am.At this point on My investing journey, I consider My time to give haircuts as My advantage against more experienced investors, whom I am actually counting on having that attitude.

That tells me about neighborhoods.But to shut off areas in the Suburbs, seems (and I am not just saying this to you, but to all that put their feet down on the argument of suburbs or city) sort of "uppety or snobbish".

Or properties that can carry a larger rental asking price.

That is allowable, the investors IRA will probably receive a larger return than they would on the market, and you would have the money for the down payment on an investment property.

That is sort the same as saying they will foreclose you out sooner or later when it suits their needs.  

Looks like it is some sort of MLM scheme with real estate...Just trying to find out more about it so I can warn people away from it.

HelloI have done a lot of reading on SDIRA's and bought our first duplex with all cash from within our SDIRAs.I have started looking at larger properties that I would NOT have enough cash in the SDIRA, and am trying to figure out how to leverage the SDIRA.I know that it IS possible to mix both SDIRA funds and non-IRA funds, but that there are also a lot of rules to it.

They have equity % options, total assessed value, homeowner age, and tons of other factors you can sort your lists by.

We recently moved into a smaller home and are having trouble selling our former (and much larger) home.

If putting that much down you could go after a larger property that could throw off more yield upon rehab.