Prohibition of Investment of IRA Assets in Entities in Which the Owner Has a Substantial Interest.To prevent self-dealing, under current law prohibited transaction rules, an IRA owner cannot invest his or her IRA assets in a corporation, partnership, trust, or estate in which he or she has a 50 percent or greater interest.

Way to complicated and putting way to much trust in Zillow. 

It's important to remember that their commission goes up when they get you into a deal, so it's best not to be too trusting of them. 2) Look at comparable sale prices of other properties in the area; this will give you an idea about how much the property should be worth if there are no major discrepancies between those properties and yours. 3) Do some research on taxes - if there's a major discrepancy in your assessment and what you could find out about market value, this is worth getting into.4) Remember to look into closing costs and all possible fees that come with buying property (if there are any).

You have the LLC’s held by some kind of Trust with creditor protections.There is also the philosophy of piercing the corporate veil.

Either have additional inestors or get the smaller one to increase thier contribution or maybe the larger one can contribute via 2 different entities (trust, ira, llc, personal name) so on paper each one is under 20%.

I thought I could trust my gut on some guys but that didn’t end up working out well.

Can you find deals that fit in your market or somewhere with a trusted team?

Always trust the numbers.

Glad I trusted my gut and left a note. 

You'd still be required to legally sign a promissory note and offer up a mortgage or deed of trust.What one might consider is finding a trusted and willing adult to be the "front-person" when it comes to signing legal documents.