@Dan FisherAs others have mentioned, you would have several advantages going with a Solo 401k over your existing SEP IRA.

That's a pretty small loan for a bank, perhaps not impossible but would definitely be best if you had an existing relationship with a bank already that would do this to mostly maintain the relationship.

If you are struggling...To Do ListStudy the finance strategies that do not require credit, which require no financing, use existing financing, and that require new financing.

I have had some of the siding of my rental house blown off in the recent winds I need some one to give me a price to put about 11 siding boards back on the house and paint them to match the existing paint as best they can this is in the 38128 zip code 

@George TorresYou should look into a self directed IRA or - if you are self-employed in any way - a Solo 401k.Such a plan would allow you to retain the tax-sheltered status of the retirement plan and diversify that plan into real estate.  

Hollow core doors are a nightmare especially if you need to trim them to size to retrofit inside an existing old door frame.

I've been learning quite a bit from Bigger Pockets and learning about aspects of real estate investing I never even knew existed. 

What are your opinions about returning the full security deposit as versus retaining the last months rent out of it?  

They would have to sturdy up the existing  farm road (with is squeezed between river and our property).The farm road is about 25 feet away from the river, the banks of the river are eroding an average of 3 feet a year.The long and short of it is...owning our land would make their land much more valuable. 

We are getting mixed responses saying we have to remove and replace all the trusses and roof at approx $60,000 to cutting into existing trusses but only gaining height in a 12 x 18 ft area.