Property type is rare to begin with, and finding one at a wholesale price will be even more rare.I would suggest starting the search now and be willing to look at stuff that's active on the market.

Easier to shoot for in active investing (e.g. flipping) though that comes with risk and is more intensive. 

Questions:1) I presume that I cannot retro-actively put the house I’ve already purchased into a SDIRA.

Here’s the stats - -$500 to activate line (credited back if deal closes in 90 days) 
- 3.5 % origination fees 
- Close to 10% rate 
- Each project is reviewed/underwritten by FoA, which could take up to 30 days 
- Up to 90% acquisition & rehab, I believe 
- Standard draw rules on rehab side - Line is up to 5x of assets, equity in home, 401k, etc- Line has to reset to zero once per year

I am a local active investor, would love to help you anyway that I can!

I have roughly familiar with them but will explore each of these scenarios with a bit of study and see which one is frankly the easiest to do, while also being the easiest to explain.On second read, I also really like the land contract idea as that seems pretty close to what I had in mind since she owns the property outright.

Now, I will disclaim, I have yet to close my first deal, but we're actively in the market...I'm lining up lenders, etc.

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@Ben Haab Like any other activity in life, there are good and bad appraisers. 

there are a few brokerages out there that specialize in just tying everything under the sun up and then trying to flip them  they are quite active in Texas and other markets..