For example, if you're self-employed, you have to pay self-employment taxes on all of your income. 

Do keep in mind if they plan to make money they will need to “self manage” but if they just want to subsides costs they can use evolve turnkey vacassa etc or a local.

Welcome to self-managing rental units :) I'd be interested to know what quality of area this is in, A?

Now, I don't know what your overall goals are or what you're planning on doing after high school.... whether you're going to college, pursuing another career, or would like to get into real estate full time... so I'm going to give you the overly in-depth answer that I wish I could have told my 18 year old self. 

In order to be eligible, you must be self-employed (e.g. providing goods and/or services through your personal effort), reporting self-employment activity on your taxes (e.g.

I like to use the assumptions of 8% to be conservative for each assumption: Vacancy, Repairs, CapEx, and Property Management (even though I self-manage now but as I grow I plan to use a PM).

I need more self income to approve for more rentals.

ANYBODY HAVE GOOD OR BAD EXPERIENCES WITH SELF DIRECTED IRA INTO REAL ESTATE? 

It has had many self done additions over the years so going to take about 250K to do the remodel.When all said and done will be a mostly all new 3/3 plus 1/1 in-law suite, and two apartments 1/1 and 2/2.

Self manage.