The investments can then be placed under the LLC umbrella.To learn about the Roth IRA transfer restriction to a 401k plan, see the following. https://www.irs.gov/publications/p590a#en_US_2014_publink1000231050

I learned many things about real estate that I didn't know about, even simple things such as pulling public records of homes and seeing how much a person paid for a property as well as seeing the current year's value assessment of a home.

The only thing new here is that with Zillow the garbage AVM number is publicly visible.

I'm not so sure the banks are irrational but what do I know...There is nothing to "Bid" on until/unless it goes to public auction so, no, you can't bid on it.

Roman is correct, except the tax certificate/deed route doesn’t give you possession....it just sends it to public auction where you have to bid against everyone else.

But at the same time, I will not be publicly judged and not defend our decision.

On the W/D and dings -- I'm not sure if you expect your PM to oversee move-ins and move-outs for each tenant to minimize dings, but the recourse there is the tenant's deposit, so this sounds like a non-issue and you got advice on how to decrease some turnover time and potential cost.On the rehab you're essentially asking for a workmanship guarantee.

Or would you abandon the idea and just focus on something more traditional and with public water/sewer?

Even with a non condo HOA, would expect there to be a paid assessment letter at the closing at a minimum.   

The conservative approach is not to proceed since you already put down non retirement account funds.