@Michelle LaRue,You can make a loan from your self-directed IRA as long as it is an 'arm's length' transaction.

For example, the arm of our business today offering the full services of a management company to just under 500 doors, utilizes online management software, owner/tenant portals, online tenant screening, advertising and applications, online PDF fillable leases, electronic signatures, walk through inspection apps, online maintenance coordination, lots of texting, etc.

Income / Criminal / Credit is explicitly stated.

The good thing about commercial ARMs is that they amortize a bit faster, usually 25 years.

It has to be an arms length transaction.   

It is not explicit there.

But I have accountants nationwide that maintain that they can do those sales and purchases with related parties as long as they maintain meticulous records and use arms length market valuations. 

Ask you Attorney about something that is other than an "arms length" transaction or below market transaction. 

If you chose to keep the contracting “at arm’s length” and avoid any future liabilities, then verify/hire your contractors and don’t bring them in-house and be clear about their roles and responsibilities beyond the Scope of Work.I think it’s also important to know for all of us here at BP that the word “contractor” carries a lot of weight and means very different things to different people, none of them incorrect.

It's a risk, but it's an explicit, calculated risk with which you have acknowledged you're comfortable.