Luckily I had a family member to partner with on the deal & a ROTH Ira I could cash out & some savings from my lawn service & high school jobs.I also had a Roomate who was very handy & did some contracting on the side.

I want to start using my self-directed IRA to lend money on various small to mid-sized projects.

One excellent strategy for getting around that is to buy the notes for long term holding in a self directed IRA, Roth, HSA, 401k, or other tax advantaged vehicle. 

Rick does Quest offer meetups where they let their IRA clients meet potential folks that could use a loan from the IRA. ??   

For context, during this time, I'd always be maxing out my company match for 401K, maxing out my Roth IRA, have 15k for emergency fund.

My mother who lives in California bought a property in Mississippi for self-directed IRA.

We have people utilizing self-directed IRA funds, so that they may benefit from real estate without doing the heavy lifting.

Hi Ben,My custodian is New Direction IRA and they are located in Louisville, CO.

Started moving IRA moneys last year.

The stock market is going on a 6 year run that has been great for my IRA accounts since I've added a lot of principle near the bottom, but dumping my liquid cash into mutual funds which are at near record highs does not seem wise at this point.