The Human in us desires a Coach, Teacher, Mentor, Partner or Instructor to validate the information being received within the material, to be able to then bounce the information off of others with related knowledge (BP can assist with this aspect for sure) and finally to be held accountable to turn that information into action which should result in positive growth (and even higher income/profits as related to a career or business venture).Now I know, everyone can see or not see value in investing money to obtain a foundation or even an advanced knowledge taught by practicing professional instructors in the area related to the information sought, but why don't we complain about those same investments into an Accredited College for a paper degree which is suppose to have you prepared for the "Real World" experiences that come afterwards and sometimes fall short?

If I've never done a 1031 or notes how bad/hard would it be for me to try to liquidate a house (I'll net about 170k) and use my QI to hold the money and obtain notes instead of new properties? 

My credit is not at the point to where I could obtain a loan.

THEY DON'T HAVE JOBS NOW RIGHT.......There are properties and strategies you can use to obtain property in your area, within an hr radius of you, I almost did it during what would have been the bottom of the crash nationally but the peak of the boom locally - I just didn't end up entering the Douglas market.

@Matt Fisher A self directed IRA or 401k may invest in real estate in many ways, so long as the transaction is completed at arm's length.Clients of ours have held rental properties, flipped properties, engaged in joint ventures with other investors to hold or develop property, invested in tax liens, and operated as private lenders to other investors.There is a distinction, however, between passive income such as interest on a note or tax certificate, or rents from real property, and "engaging in a trade or business" such as being a wholesaler, developer or re-developer (flipper) of property.  

Under 50k mortgages can be hard to obtain.

Anyone on BP know of sources uses to obtain such letters?

You don't need a brokers license to manage your own but if you want to manage others then you need to obtain a license.

I just look under "civil and Probate", and get the complete file, including the death certificate. 

When we first began investing, we obtained our first few properties with financing.