Baltimore might work fine if your plan is to seller finance but it is most likely still a bit of a gamble.

I still think syndication investing is fine within a self directed Roth IRA (or traditional IRA).The hold time on a syndication may only average about 5 years, which means when investing outside a syndication you are usually recapturing that depreciation anyways at a time you cannot choose/control as a limited partner.

Fine, but not above most LP hurdles.Let’s add solar and other sustainability upgrades.

I mean, it's fine I guess, disclosed, but pretty common.I think what might be different is having to provide the name of the contractor?

This is a challenging one because it isn't like you are getting more rent once these renovations are done and depending on what you are doing, you would then have tenants that are fine with the way things are but start doing wear and tear.Here is how I would prioritize the work:1.

Which is fine, it's just a matter of figuring out what that risk factor is. 

We manage our place from 7 hours away and it works just fine!

Percentages are fine, but for me it's all about the $.

My property manager uses AppFolio, which is fine for transaction level detail and a few dashboards.

Just screen well and all will be fine.