You will spend a lot of money on marketing to talk to great listing leads and do nothing with them if you only have one trick in your bag.

The professional will plan, execute, and track a campaign to generate weekly leads to be provided to our broker.The position will require approx 3-7 hour per week. 

Down the road when I'm more comfortable I can see myself going out of state, but I don't think I want to for my first experience.If I'm totally honest, I'm probably too risk-averse to make my first property(ies) outside of comfortable driving distance (max 3-4 hours), leading me to look in places like the high desert (Joshua Tree, Yucca Valley, etc) or mountain destinations like Lake Arrowhead/Big Bear. 

Sure Contractors *can* do estimates/walkthroughs, but if they don't think its going to lead to business why would they?  

You can easily spend a couple Grand just on permit fees at least in my state lol and not pulling any permits can lead to huge fines.

Then their is the gigantic apartment for sale on Carroll but that is a no fly zone for me.Combine this with my post from the other thread on too much A-Class inventory coming on line right now and I think it would be wise to really sit down and figure out real exposure to risk before buying any multifamily around downtown or Notre Dame right now.Edit: The above was super negative!

Applicant 2 Woman and 3 year old ,  loves the apartment,  period details etc,  two days later says she doesn't want to be in a building with lead (ok by why are you looking at something built in the 1800s?)

These investors think they're magically going to raise and lead an army of compliant and reliable contractors to certain victory and Y-U-G-E profits.

I have a situation where I would like to open a self directed IRA and have contacted a few of the online players and am getting a mixed message, some say it's possible some say no way Jose'.  

There are lenders out there that specialize in this type of lending, and you can find them by searching online or hire a commercial finance broker to source your debt.