There is no Texas tax on this type transaction. 

Aside from yellow letters, you may also be able to wholesale MLS deals and connect with other investors, by representing them on transactions in a real estate agent capacity.

@Andy Cross- thanks bud, i already ran the numbers, and they look fine...

@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.