Forbes has a habit of putting something like this out every few years.The "bad" thing about investing your IRA in real estate is that the main Wall Street players do not have control over your funds and the means to earn commissions selling financial instruments.His arguments are entirely tilted towards to negative and not providing any context or perspective.I could just as easily pick 3 or 4 historically bad stock investments (Enron) or high fee annuities, and make it sound like that was all that you could expect if you went to a conventional brokerage - which is clearly not the case.For someone who understands real estate as an asset class, there is the potential to have your IRA produce consistent returns and have true diversification away from the news-cycle volatility of conventional financial products.

Although there is plenty of cold-calling, it sounds like they want their agents to really know about what investors are looking for, etc and there is a lot of training about zoning, etc., etc.

I would love to connect as it sounds like you may have your thumb on the pulse of local meetups?

Based on the interior rehab notes it doesn't sounds like any major interior issues.

Sounds like he is working all the offers on the table.  

I am ready to move past the psychological stage and will be ready to move forward with this process feb-apr 2019.

AP is a form of insurance - litigation insurance.So, if you have enough to protect and reason to fear litigation (and it sounds like you have), then you might want to look into asset protection strategies (which includes establishing of LLC).

& @Jaysen Medhurst really sound advice.

@Nick Causa doesn’t sound like it was “ rent ready” when you took on tenants .

At this stage of the market I want everything to be more than favorable to minimize risk.