The bonus was also picking up a little square footage in an upstairs bedroom by removing the fireplace which allowed a better set up in that room.

Appreciate the encouragement and I may need to buy you coffee in the future and pick your brain some!

That said, I'm sure there are plenty of TK folks that are totally professional so I'm not picking on them--just speculating on the source of the OP's experience as described in the post.

I rent out my current home with my two brothers and I pay $350 in rent (excluding utilities) so I average out to $450 a month.

@Dmitriy Fomichenko may have some good suggestions on the best way to correctly utilize your SDIRA

We are utilizing a number of different mediums in our business currently, I was just curious to see what others are doing at the moment and what the returns are. 

These expenses are including, utilities if you pay for them, maintenance, yard care, pest control, insurance, advertising, property manager etc etc.these often come up to well over $3000 per door - depending on the market..$750. sounds to low for all expenses.

Here is a summary of the deal:Purchase Price: $500kDown Payment (using FHA): 3.5% - $17,500Property Taxes: $4,500Insurance: $900Total monthly payment (PITI + PMI) = $3,325/monthThe units are currently being rented out at $1,000/month, so essentially if I live in one of the units my payment each month would be ~$325, not including utilities of course.

They might even call it "self-directed" which means that you can direct or pick the investments but only within their boundaries of investment options. 

Properties are SO much cheaper to buy, but the rental rates are more in the $1.00-$1.15/sq ft range.As for utilities, I don't pay any for my tenants.