Shunting the hassle of owning rental properties, many of these investors, as well as new participants, are turning to REITs for investment diversification.

The community property exception does not require that the operations rise to the level of a trade or business or that either spouse materially participate in the operations.

It doesn't appear the law in your state dictates what type of financial institution you have to hold the deposit in.

This, combined with the fact that no conventional, institutional, or hard money lenders will lend down payments, makes a purchase under your circumstances extremely difficult, with very limited options.The options available may be so costly that you may be better off trying to “wholesale” the property.

You may wish to confirm that the new 401k provider will handle the ongoing compliance support such as any required 5500 filing (e.g. 5500-EZ for a one-participant plan with assets in excess of $250,000), any required tax reporting (e.g. 1099-r in the event of a distribution or in-plan Roth conversion), mandatory plan updates and amendments, etc.4.

Because of this, having the ability to market the deal doesn't seem like much of an added benefit to me, unless you have a strong enough brand that people simply want to invest with you on name value alone (think Grant Cardone or similar people with strong followings).From the passive investor standpoint, I don't think that accredited investors would have any preference for the offering type, but I'm sure that sophisticated investors would prefer 506(b) offerings simply because they're allowed to participate in them. 

Institutional\Wall Street companies are also driving up SFH, too, by reducing supply and selling them over and over to each other for a profit. 

The buyer pool - consisting of debt addicted institutions and high net worth individuals - will chase deals harder than ever before. 

You will need to research the different lending institutions on what their requirements and terms are as they can vary a lot.

Maybe because I am used to it, but I'd rather somebody else the liability for the Title since I don't want to become an expert, nor the time, to research Title.I learnt to review title in order to participate in court foreclosures.