@Nan EverhartAs a disqualified party to your IRA, you should not serve as the agent for plan transactions.  

I tossed everything in my car and sprinted cross country to work on a tech startup in the real estate industry and I've been hooked on real estate ever since. 

So in the case of me purchasing a property outright, even if I'm licensed, wouldn't I have the fiduciary duty to myself as the buyer, much like an buyer's agent would to their client in a regular real estate transaction?

Crossing a major divider can drastically affect price.The more similar and the more recent then the better the comps.

Gift funds are not allowed on Investment property transactions.3.

@Edward B.The site is an interesting read and I saved the url to read through later - (moderators removed the link here :/).For all that is appears to be, one would have to have energy to dip into such a transaction.

In a residential transaction, you typically use a title company/attorney to close.  

No daisy chains and no BS.  

If you have an agent in between you and another principle to the transaction, it is going to be easier to take a hard line in the negotiating stance.  

In any transaction the seller has to pay off any loans on the property in addition to other costs of the sale.