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I know can't roll it into a solo or IRA or anything while I'm employed there. 

If not, then Gusto would likely work for your needs.BTW, if your kids were able to make $6500 on their W-2 this year, they could max out a Roth IRA.

After all was said and done, he decided to use his IRA to purchase the land give us the option to buy it back giving him a profit. 

Loans for investment properties are not eligible if the transaction includes non-arm’s length and/or at-interest characteristics - Both seller and buyer can't a relationship or business affiliation.LOC would only be allowed for down payment  and reserves would need to be own funds such as checking, savings, IRA, and 401K etc. 

@Joshua Minatel,You can rollover your old 401k into self-directed IRA, which will enable to you to invest outside of the stock market into virtually any alternative investment opportunity, including real estate. 

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- Looking to do some considerable rehab and would love to understand if a tax abatement would be possible- Identifying how to best fund / run a self-directed IRA account- Identify how to best structure the business / the income- All the other items I just don't understand at this juncture going into my first deal.Any recommendations would be highly appreciated..

If the IRA has the down payment funds, then buy the property in the name of the IRA. 

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